45 People Crushed to Death During Israeli Religious Festival

On April 30th, 2021, forty five people, including five US citizens, were killed, and about one hundred and fifty others were wounded in a crush at a mass Jewish gathering overnight at Mount Meron in northern Israel. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Jewish participants pay homage to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century sage, at his burial site. Investigators are examining exactly how the accident happened at the mountain. According to the volunteer-based emergency organization, United Hatzalah, around 100,000 people were in attendance. Social media video from the site shows people crammed into a passageway while suddenly many are struggling to continue walking and thrown back and forth in waves of the commotion. Shimon Lavie, Israel Police's northern commander, stated that the police command had prioritized security and public safety, but he could not reveal what caused the stampede. Lazar Hyman, vice president of United Hatzalah, said it was one of the worst disasters that he had ever experienced.

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