In Israel,at least 40 people were crushed to death in a crowd at a religious bonfire festival on Friday, The crush occurred as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews 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. Witnesses said people were asphyxiated or trampled in a tightly packed passageway, some going unnoticed until the PA system sounded an appeal to disperse, as crowds packed the Mount Meron slope in defiance of COVID-19 warnings.
Helicopters had ferried injured people to hospitals in northern Israel, the Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance service said. The Israeli military said search and rescue troops and medical teams were scrambled. Ambulance officials described the incident as a stampede and said 103 people had been injured, including dozens fatally. Channel 12 put the number of dead at 40. These included children, witnesses said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster".
Breaking: At least 28 dead, 100+ injured, after a platform collapsed at a festival in Meron, Israel. pic.twitter.com/fTmH4pPhTd
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) April 29, 2021
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