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11 shares Rescue forces and police at the scene after a mass fatality scene during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag BOmer on Mount Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90) A forum of former Israel Police chiefs on Sunday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a state commission of inquiry into the Mount Meron disaster last week that saw 45 people crushed to death at a religious festival. In a letter to the prime minister, the Retired Police ...

Ultra-Orthodox media figures are calling for a commission of inquiry, and lashing the state for letting their community endanger itself

299 shares Mourners carry the body of Shraga Gestetner, a Canadian singer who died during Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, at his funeral in Jerusalem on Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Ultra-Orthodox men carry the bodies of Moshe Englander, 14, and his brother, Yehoshua, 9, who died during Lag BOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, in Jerusalem on Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) In a sign of mourning for one who lost...

Israel stampede was disaster waiting to happen: More than 100,000 crammed into site despite reports from 2008 and 2011 warning it posed danger to human life and capacity shouldnt exceed 15,000 - as Orthodox community lays victims to rest Ex-comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss, who wrote a report from 13 years ago, warned of dangers to human life A separate report two years later, in 2011, also said: The existing situation must be immediately changed First victims of Israeli festival crush identifie...

The funeral of Menahem Knowlowitz, one of the victims of the Meron disaster., May 01, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Funerals for dozens of victims of the deadly crush during Lag B’Omer celebrations at Mount Meron were held on Saturday night, with men, teenagers and children buried in ceremonies attended by hundreds, as officials wrapped up the process of identifying all the bodies. Brothers Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, 12, and Yosef David Elhadad, 18, of Jerusalem were buried late Saturday near ...

British victim of Israel stampede: 24-year-old man from Manchester is named among the 45 people killed in crush amid claims Orthodox Jewish leaders put pressure on organisers NOT to limit numbers at festival Insiders claimed there was political pressure on police to hold the event at any cost ahead of deadly crush Reports say the head of Shas, a Haredi religious political party in Israel, asked there to be no limit of numbers A total of 45 people were killed in the stampede at Mount Meron, Isra...

First victims of Israeli festival crush identified as funerals got underway in keeping with Orthodox tradition  Dead include a singer from Canada, a nine-year-old boy and his brother, two Americans and a father-of-11  In total, 45 people were killed during Lag BOmer festivities at Mount Meron overnight - with authorities working to identify others as families and friends got separated in the crush People whose loved ones went missing amid the disaster have launched desperate online appeal to ...