Police arrest 2 Palestinians in connection with devastating fire at West Bank settlement
No casualties in Havat Gilad blaze, which forced over 100 families to evacuate, destroyed 13 homes; police said to believe it was lit unintentionally by cigarette butt; probe ongoing
Police arrested two Palestinians on Sunday night in connection with a destructive fire that ravaged the Havat Gilad settlement in the northern West Bank over the weekend. The blaze destroyed 13 houses and damaged 29 structures, forcing over 100 families to evacuate. Initial investigations suggest the fire was sparked unintentionally by a discarded cigarette butt, leading security agencies to rule out nationalist arson. "By a great miracle, we had no casualties," said Moshe Hachmon, chairman of the settlement's local council, who described the aftermath as a "humanitarian crisis." Despite the accidental assessment, an arson attack on a West Bank mosque occurred Sunday in apparent retaliation.
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