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Stampede at Israeli religious festival kills nearly 40 JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Israeli 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.APShow MoreShow Less 2of5Israeli security officials and rescuers stand around the bodies of victims ...

More than 100 people were injured, dozens critically, in a stampede at a Jewish religious gathering popular with ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel

Updated: Apr 30 2021, 18:27 ET Invalid Date, TWO pairs of young brothers were among the 45 victims of the devastating Lag B'Omer festival stampede as panicked crowds funnelled into a tiny "death trap" tunnel. The disaster unfolded in Meron, Israel, shortly after midnight as Jewish worshippers were left gasping for air and others were crushed to death, with funerals already underway for victims. 20 Mourners carry the body of Shragee Gestetner, a Canadian singer who died during Lag BaOmer celebrationsCredit: AP 20 20 20 20 20 20 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish mourners carry the body of a victim during ...

Stampede at Israeli religious festival kills at least 44 Israeli officials carry the body of a stampede victim in northern Israel on Friday. (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 some 150 others early Friday, medical officials said, in one of the country’s deadliest civilian disasters. The stampede occurred during the celebrations of Lag BaOmer at Mt. Meron. Tens of thousands of people, mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews, gather each year to honor Ra...

2399 Jerusalem, April 30 In one of the worst peacetime tragedies in Israel, at least 44 people were crushed to death and about 150 others injured in a stampede overnight at an overcrowded Jewish religious gathering in the country's north attended by tens of thousands of people flouting the coronavirus-related restrictions. 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. The town is the site of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century sage, and is considered to be one of t...