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Israel mourns 45 killed in crowd crush at religious festival Author: Josef Federman, Isaac Scharf, Associated Press Updated: 5 hours ago Published 12 hours ago
Mourners carry the body of Shragee 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. A stampede at a 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/Ariel Schalit)
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Print article JERUSALEM The holiday of Lag BaOmer is one of the happiest days on the calendar for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community a time of mass celebrations in honor of a revered sage. But in a split second Friday, the festive gathering in northern Israel turned into one of the country’s worst-ever tragedies, with at least 45