Fires raged across Israel due to extreme heatwave.

Fires raged across Israel on Wednesday due to extreme weather conditions as Police forces try to evacuate residents from over 120 households, 15 of which caught fire.

A fire broke out mid-afternoon in a Jerusalem parking lot in the Malha neighborhood, setting approximately 10 cars aflame.

The Aderet and Roglit settlements close to Jerusalem and the Shavei Shomron settlement in the West Bank were all evacuated due to fires that reached the first line of houses.

Five houses caught on fire at the Ramat Pinkas neighborhood in Or Yehuda close to Tel Aviv. Police forces attempted to evacuate neighborhood residents.

A massive fire broke out in Haifa near the Technion University, forcing Police to close Route 2 temporarily and for the security forces within the university to send an evacuation notice to students within the campus. Two men suffered light injuries due to inhaling smoke in the region.

Other locations affected by the fires were the Tomer settlement in the Jordan valley, the Negev, the Adam facility in the Neot Kdumim settlement, Shoham, and Wadi Ara.

The fires come as a result of a heatwave blazing throughout most of the country. The high temperatures reached their peaks mid-day, as cities such as Beersheba were hit with 42°C.