Israeli settlers have been forced to flee as wildfires have started to spread through areas near to settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to a police spokeswoman on Saturday nearly 1,000 settlers were forced to leave the Halamish settlement near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah as 45 settler units were either damaged or destroyed by the fires. The blazes, fueled by drought and high winds, were raging in many locations throughout the Israeli-occupied territories on Friday . The fire in Israels third largest city Haifa has forced some 80,000 people to flee. Press TV reports: Fires were also reported approaching the settlements of Dolev, Alfei Menashe, and Karnei Shomron in the occupied West Bank. No evacuations were reported there, however. A lack of downpours together with very dry air and strong easterly winds contributed to the spread of the fires this week across the Israeli-occupied lands. An Israeli firefighter plane helps extinguish a fire in Haifa on November 24, 2016. (Photo by AFP) Israeli officials have suggested, however, that Arabs or Palestinians may be to blame for some of the blazes. The Israeli police spokeswoman further said that they had arrested 14 people on suspicion of sparking [...]
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