Alalam - Middle East
Officials said firefighters had managed to extinguish the blaze by Friday. Tens of thousands of Israelis fled homes and spent the night in public shelters.
Hundreds of homes have been damaged in the blaze.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Palestinian incitement for fuelling the alleged arson attacks.
The fires began three days ago at the Neve Shalom community near Jerusalem where Israelis and Arabs live there.
Later, blazes erupted in the northern Israeli area of Zichron Yaakov and elsewhere near Jerusalem before the largest ones spread across.
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