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Updated: 1 May 2021, 15:14 Invalid Date, RELIGIOUS leaders pressured organisers not to limit numbers at a festival in Israel before 45 people were crushed to death, say shock reports. Dozens died when panicked crowds funnelled into a tiny "death trap" tunnel at a high-profile Jewish festival late on Thursday night. 24 24 People attempting to escape after the grandstand reportedly collapsedCredit: Reuters Now it's been been suggested religious leaders put pressure NOT to limit numbers - as it emerged more than 100,000 people eventually turned up. Reports had previously warned large numbers p...

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 shouldn't 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 identified as funerals got underway in keeping with Orthodox tradition  Among dead include singer fro...

Updated: May 1 2021, 10:18 ET Invalid Date, RELIGIOUS leaders pressured organisers not to limit numbers at a festival in Israel before 45 people were crushed to death, say shock reports. Dozens died when panicked crowds funnelled into a tiny "death trap" tunnel at a high-profile Jewish festival late on Thursday night. 25 25 People attempting to escape after the grandstand reportedly collapsedCredit: Reuters The country's worst peacetime disaster unfolded at the overcrowded festival of Lag B'Omer in Meron. Now it's been been suggested religious leaders put pressure NOT to limit numbers - as ...

April 30, 2021 11:42 am Hundreds of Orthodox Jews mourn at the Jerusalem funeral for Yehuda Lev Lubin, one of 45 victims from the Mount Meron Lag b'Omer stampede, April 30, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Advertisement (JTA) — Long before COVID-19 arrived in Israel, devastating Israel’s Hasidic communities, the annual Lag b’Omer gathering at Mount Meron was a moment of release for Israel’s Orthodox Jews, a festive night marking the end of a religious period of mourning. And this year, when that release was especially needed after a year of loss, it became y...

More than 40 people die in stampede at religious festival in northern Israel Lawahez Jabari and Saphora Smith and Paul Goldman and Shira Pinson and Caroline Radnofsky and Matthew Mulligan © Provided by NBC News JERUSALEM — A stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured more than 150, medical officials said on Friday. It was one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said children were among the dead, and declared a national day of mourning Sunday. The incident occurred during celebration...