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Forest fires rage in Israel

Israel forest fire: A local resident carrying a bucket runs through a burnt area in Ein Hod
A man carrying a bucket runs through a devastated area of Ein Hod Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP
Israel forest fire: Fire reaches a main road to Ein Hod
Flames at the side of a main road to Ein Hod Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Israel forest fire: Locals watch a firefighting plane spray fire extinguishing wildfir
People watch as a firefighting plane sprays the wildfire Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Israel forest fire: Israeli firefighters douse flames that swept over a house, Ein Hod
Israeli firefighters douse flames at a house in Ein Hod Photograph: Ilia Yefimovich/AFP/Getty Images
Israel forest fire: A plane sprays the retardant chemical used to quell raging flames
A plane sprays chemicals used to quell the latest front of the flames near the village of Ussafiya Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
Israel forest fire: A plane sprays the retardant chemical on flames near village of Ussafiya
A plane sprays the fire near Ussafiya Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
Israel forest fire: An Israeli firefighter douses a burning area in the village of Ussafiya
A firefighter douses a burning area near Ussafiya Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
Israel forest fire: An Israeli firefighter tries to extinguish fire in Ein Hod
An Israeli firefighter in a fire-ravaged area near Ein Hod Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP
Israel forest fire: Firefighters sleep in a tourist parking lot before their next shift
Firefighters sleep in a tourist parking area before embarking on their next shift near Ein Hod Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters
Israel forest fire: Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flies over Carmel Mountain fire
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, flies over the Carmel Mountain fire Photograph: Getty Images
Israel forest fire: Satellite image of a trail of smoke drifts away from a forest fire, Israel
A satellite image shows a trail of smoke outside Haifa Photograph: NASA/AP
Israel Forest Fires: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men look at a forest fire broke out near Beit Oren
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men look at a forest fire that broke out near the Beit Oren kibbutz in the north of Israel Photograph: Reuters
Israel Forest Fires: A section of forest burns during a wildfire in Beit Oren, Israel
Forest land burning in Beit Oren Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Israel Forest Fires: An Israeli woman holds the keys of her house while taking a photo of fires
An Israeli woman photographs a raging forest fire from hills above the coastal city of Haifa Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
Israel Forest Fires: An Israeli woman walks in the street after evacuation in Tirat Hacarmel
An woman walks down the street after being evacuated from her home in Tirat Hacarmel Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Israel Forest Fires: Firefighters rest on the road at sunrise after fighting overnight Israel
Firefighters rest on the road Photograph: Tsafrir Abayov/AP
Israel Forest Fires: Israeli firefighters battle against a blaze on in Tirat Hacarmel, Israel
Israeli firefighters battle flames in Tirat Hacarmel Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Israel Forest Fires: Israeli firefighters carry the body of a comrade who burned to death
Firefighters carry the body of a comrade through the devastated Carmel Forest, near Haifa Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA
Israel Forest Fires: People who were evacuated from their houses, rest in a hotel in Haifa
People evacuated from their homes rest in a hotel lobby in Haifa Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters
Israel Forest Fires: An exhausted Israeli firefighter destruction caused by a forest fire
An exhausted Israeli firefighter looks at the destruction caused by a forest fire in the Carmel Forest Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA
Israel Forest Fires: Prison guards carry the coffin of Eran Weizel, killed by a wildfire
Prison guards carry the coffin of Eran Weizel, killed when a wildfire in northern Israel engulfed a bus carrying prison guards Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP
Israel Forest Fires: The bodies of victims from a bus that was trapped in a forest fire
The bodies of victims from the bus blaze lie covered on the road near Haifa Photograph: Reuters
Israel Forest Fires: A firefighter walks next to the burnt-out bus near Beit Oren
A firefighter walks next to the burnt-out bus Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters
Israel Forest Fires: The burnt interior of a home in kibbutz Beit Oren, Israel Forest Fires
The burnt interior of a home in the Beit Oren kibbutz Photograph: Dan Balilty/AP
Israel Forest Fires: A huge pall of smoke rises from an area near Haifa as a brush fire rages
A huge pall of smoke rises from an area near Haifa as a brush fire rages Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA
Israel Forest Fires: An Israeli firefighter prays during a forest fire in the Carmel Forest
An Israeli firefighter prays Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA
Israel Forest Fires: A Royal Air Force helicopter in efforts to extinguish a wildfire in Israel
An RAF helicopter participates in efforts to extinguish flames near Ein Hod Photograph: Dan Balilty/AP
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