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Large fires erupt near Jerusalem, force evacuations

The fires west of Jerusalem are the latest in a series of blazes to break out near the Israeli city in recent days.

MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images
A firefighting plane works to extinguish a forest fire raging near the Maale Hahamisha kibbutz in the area of the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem, on June 9, 2021. — MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images

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