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Israeli firefighters watch a forest fire as planes try to extinguish the balze in the Jerusalem mountain near Kibbutz Neve Ilan, northwest of Jerusalem, on November 24, 2016. Fires were raging in two areas on the outskirts of Jerusalem as well as near the Jewish settlement of Talmon in the occupied West Bank, police said. Israel has been hit by a spate of bushfires in recent days that officials attribute to an unusually dry autumn and strong winds. / AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Israeli firefighters watch a forest fire as planes try to extinguish the balze in the Jerusalem mountain near Kibbutz Neve Ilan, northwest of Jerusalem, on November 24, 2016.

Fires were raging in two areas on the outskirts of Jerusalem as well as near the Jewish settlement of Talmon in the occupied West Bank, police said.

Israel has been hit by a spate of bushfires in recent days that officials attribute to an unusually dry autumn and strong winds. / AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA        (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)