A wildfire shut the main highway linking Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Wednesday, sending at least a dozen people to the hospital and turning skies over Jerusalem gray.Video footage showed vehicles stranded nearby as flames spread throughout the area,

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Israel’s military and emergency services tackled a raging wildfire as it shut the main highway linking Jerusalem to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, 30 April. The blaze originated in Eshtaol Forest on Wednesday (30 April) and spread quickly due to high temperatures,