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The director of an Israeli ambulance service has confirmed that nearly 40 people died in a stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel. Eli Beer, director of Hatzalah, said he was shocked by the size of the crowd at the Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mount Meron. Police were quoted as saying some 100,000 people were there. He told Army Radio that there were four to five times the number of people that should have entered a location like this. ?Close to 40 people died as a result of this

It was the first huge religious gathering of its kind to be held legally since Israel lifted nearly all restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 44, hurts dozens JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 24 1of24Israeli security officials and rescuers stand around the bodies of victims who died during a Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, Friday, April 30, 2021. The director of an Israeli ambulance service has confirmed that nearly 40 people died in a stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel. (Ishay Jerusalemite/Behadrei Haredim via AP)I...

A stampede at a Jewish religious gathering in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured some 150 others early Friday, medical officials said, in one of the countrys deadliest civilian disasters. About 100,000 people were crowded by Mount Meron before the stampede Thursday night to celebrate the holiday of Lag b’Omer, the New York Times estimated. A Jewish holiday popular with ultra-Orthodox Jews, it honors Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second century sage and mystic who is buried ...

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured some 150 others early Friday, medical officials said, in one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters.

Josef Federman Ultra Orthodox Jews make their way out of Mt. Meron where fatalities were reported during Lag BaOmer festival at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, Friday, April 30, 2021. A stampede at the religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed dozens of people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the countrys deadliest civilian disasters. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) April 30,...

UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 3:33 pm ET Reply(1) Israeli security officials and rescuers stand around the bodies of victims who died during a Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, Friday, April 30, 2021. (Ishay Jerusalemite/Behadrei Haredim via AP) HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Two men from Monsey and a Kiryas Joel resident died in Israel in a massive crowd of holiday worshippers at Mount Meron, according to news reports. The Associated Press reported mayhem broke out early Friday at...

The death toll matched the number of people killed in a 2010 forest fire, which is believed to be the deadliest civilian tragedy in the country’s history.

Nearly 40 die in stampede at religious festival in Israel Israeli security officials and rescuers carry a body of a victim who died during a Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, Friday, April 30, 2021. More than 100 people were injured, dozens critically, in a stampede at a Jewish religious gathering in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people, Israels main rescue service said early Friday.   Updated 4/29/2021 10:36 PM JERUSALEM -- The director of...

The stampede began when large numbers of people thronged a narrow tunnel-like passage during the event, according to witnesses and video footage.