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38 killed, over 100 injured in stampede at Israeli holy site On Location: April 29, 2021 UP NEXT At least 38 people have been killed and more than 100 people hospitalized following a stampede around midnight Friday in Israel at Mount Meron during Lag BaOmer festivities, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. © AP Video from the scene showed dozens of ambulances lined up for patients. The Israeli military said it sent helicopters to aid in rescue efforts. © Stringer/Reuters Medics ...

Dozens killed in stampede at Israeli holy site On Location: April 29, 2021 UP NEXT Dozens have been killed and many more injured in a stampede late Thursday in Israel at Mount Meron during Lag BaOmer festivities. Magen Daviv Adom, Israels national emergency medical services, said there were "dozens" killed, but did not offer specific numbers. It also said in a tweet that that 38 were critically inured and still at the location, six were in critical condition at a hospital, 18 were severely ...

The stampede took place at Mount Meron during Lag BaOmer festivities.

Americans among casualties in Israel stampede that killed 44 At least 44 killed in stampede in Israel UP NEXT "Multiple" Americans were among those killed and injured in a stampede in Israel thats killed dozens, the State Department said Friday. The State Department has not released the number of Americans involved. "Our Embassy and Department of State will provide all necessary support to any U.S. citizens and their family members affected," President Joe Biden said earlier on Friday. ...

JNS.org - The tsunami of antisemitism over the past few weeks is the work of an axis of anti-Jewish evil... Meron, in the Galil, was the settlement that Rabbi Shimon lived in 2,000 years ago. Soon after the State of Israel was founded, my father went there on Lag B’Omer and was overwhelmed and inspired by the atmosphere. And when I first went there in the late 1950s, I was too. It was a wonderful experience, of popular mystical joy, celebration, and unity. All groups and sects within traditio...

Rare Look at a Finnish Valmet M76FS Finland has a history of taking Russian-designed firearms and, frankly, making them even better. These firearms were adapted to the Finnish army’s needs and often used in conflicts with the very neighbor that provided the original design. Such was the case for the famed Finnish Mosin Nagant M39, an improved version of the Russian Mosin Nagants. But few guns stand out for their impeccable performance, ruggedness, and collectibility quite like this Valmet...

This famous gun was a commercial superstar, and its export contributed widely to Israels global image.  Heres What You Need to Remember: Contrary to popular belief, the Uzi was not the standard weapon of Israeli infantry. The weapon’s short range—its sights maxed out at just two hundred yards—made it useful in built-up, urban areas, but much less useful in open, rolling terrain, where a full-sized battle rifle would be much more useful. One of the most recognizable weapons of the postwa...

Israels Very Own AK-47 Can Fire 650 Bullets Per Minute In the wake of the 1967 war, Israel decided it needed a new assault rifle. The resulting rifle soldiered on for nearly three decades.  Heres What You Need to Remember: The Israeli Galil was adopted in 1972 and soldiered on for nearly three decades, through the Yom Kippur War, the 1982 invasion of Lebanon and anti-terrorism actions through the 1990s. The Galil experienced limited export success, with the most visible (and controversial) sa...

Much of Israel’s history has, for better or worse, been written with guns. From the 1948 War of Independence to today, Israeli forces have used firearms to defend the state or its interests on almost yearly basis. Images of Israeli forces rushing the West Bank in 1967 or escorting rescued hostages from Entebbe are synonymous with the Jewish State, and some of Israel’s weapons have become quite famous in their own right. Here are five of Israel’s deadliest, and most famous firearms. Uzi Su...

These deadly weapons have earned their reputations.