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Despite PM’s claim, police sources say only 3 arrested for arson, not linked to Jerusalem blaze
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View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, outside of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed earlier today that 18 people had been arrested on suspicion of arson, police sources tell Hebrew media outlets that only 3 people have been arrested.
Furthermore, the sources suggest that those 3 are not suspected of involvement in the massive wildfires outside Jerusalem, but of trying to set other unrelated fires elsewhere.
Fire and Rescue Services have said they do not yet know the source of the massive blaze.
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