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Thursday, May 1, 2025
5,000 acres of land destroyed in wildfires, says KKL
Damage seen from wildfires outside Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. (KKL-JNF)
Around 20,000 dunams (5,000 acres) of land has been destroyed in the ongoing fires around Jerusalem, says Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael.
That area includes around 13,000 dunams (3,000 acres) of forest.
Among the areas devastated by the blaze, the large Canada Park near Beit Shemesh has been hardest hit, the organization adds.
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