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Israeli security officials and rescuers stand around the bodies of victims who died during a Lag Ba’Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel on Friday.
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Ultra Orthodox Jews look at the scene where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews during Lag BaOmer festival at Mt. Meron in northern Israel on Friday.
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Israeli security officials and rescuers carry an Ultra Orthodox Jewish man who was injured during the festival of Lag Ba’omer at Mt. Meron in northern Israel on Friday.
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Israeli security officials and rescuers carry bodies of victims who died during a Lag Ba’Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel on Friday.
In one of Israel s deadliest civilian disasters, religious festival stampede kills 44, hurts dozens
The mass gathering was organised to celebrate the Lag B Omer, an annual religious holiday marked with all-night bonfires, prayer and dancing, at Mount Meron.
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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. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press
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.
At least 44 killed, 150 injured in crush at religious event in northern Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand next to covered bodies after dozens of people were killed and others injured in Meron, Israel, where tens of thousands of people were gathered to celebrate the festival of Lag B Omer at the site in northern Israel early on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/JINI PIX/AFP via Getty Images)
by: JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press
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Apr 30, 2021 / 01:16 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) 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.
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