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British victim of Israel stampede: 24-year-old man from Manchester is named among the 45 people killed in crush amid claims Orthodox Jewish leaders put pressure on organisers NOT to limit numbers at festival Insiders claimed there was political pressure on police to 'hold the event at any cost' ahead of deadly crush Reports say the head of Shas, a Haredi religious political party in Israel, asked there to be no limit of numbers A total of 45 people were killed in the stampede at Mount Meron, Israel on Thursday, with at least 150 injured Moshe Bergman, from Manchester, 

First victims of Israeli festival crush identified as funerals got underway in keeping with Orthodox tradition  Dead include a singer from Canada, a nine-year-old boy and his brother, two Americans and a father-of-11  In total, 45 people were killed during Lag B'Omer festivities at Mount Meron overnight - with authorities working to identify others as families and friends got separated in the crush People whose loved ones went missing amid the disaster have launched desperate online appeal to find them At least 150 people were wounded, some critically, amid the crush which is one of Israel'...