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.
Apr. 30, 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that the disaster at Mount Meron, where at least 45 people were crushed to death, would be thoroughly investigated to determine how the incident occurred and to prevent it from happening again.
About 150 were injured among the throngs celebrating the Lag Ba’omer holiday at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Israel’s north.
“The Mount Meron disaster is one of the worst that has befallen the State of Israel,” he said at a visit to the scene of the disaster Friday. “We will prepare for a thorough, serious and in-depth investigation to ensure that such a disaster is not repeated.”
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 country s deadliest civilian disasters. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) April 30, 2021 - 1:55 AM
JERUSALEM - 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 about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country s deadliest civilian disasters.
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 about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters.
Israeli rescue service confirms first deaths in stampede
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Israeli security officials and rescuers carry a body of a victim who died during a Lag Ba Omer 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, Israel s main rescue service said early Friday. (AP Photo)
JERUSALEM – Israel’s national rescue service has officially confirmed some deaths at a stampede during a religious festival in northern Israel.
Zaki Heller, spokesman for the Magen David Adom service, told Army Radio early Friday that some 150 people were hospitalized and that there were deaths.