A steep, slippery ramp, uneven stairs: Walking the route of

A steep, slippery ramp, uneven stairs: Walking the route of the Meron disaster


Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.
Israeli rescue forces and police stand on the stairs where a mass of people were crushed to death and injured during the celebrations of the Lag B'Omer holiday on Mount Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
MOUNT MERON, Northern Galilee — There are three exits from the venue on Mount Meron where tens of thousands of men and boys celebrated the ceremonial lighting of a massive torch for the holiday of Lag B’Omer at midnight on Thursday. And one of them, the southern exit, is a death trap.

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