Cleveland Heights killed in Israel stampede
Yossi Kohn and 44 others died during a Lag b’Omer festival. Author: Tyler Carey Updated: 5:42 PM EDT April 30, 2021 MERON, Israel — A Cleveland Heights man is among the 45 people who were killed in a stampede at an Israeli religious festival early Friday morning. Twenty-year-old Yossi Kohn died following during a Lag b’Omer gathering at Mount Meron. Attendees were walking through a narrow passageway before some began slipping and falling on wet stairs, causing chaos and panic that led to dozens being trampled. It was Israel's first legal mass religious ga...
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