Stampede at Israeli religious festival kills dozens of worshippers
Scores of ultra-Orthodox Jews hurt at sage’s grave after tens of thousands attend religious bonfire festival
30 April 2021 - 09:01
Mount Meron — Dozens of people were killed in a stampede at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “heavy disaster”.
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews had thronged to the Galilee tomb of 2nd century sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for annual Lag B’Omer commemorations that include all-night prayer, mystical songs and dance...
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