A state commission of inquiry has named Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as one of a number of officials responsible for the 2021 Meron disaster, in which 45 people were killed in a crush at the ...

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and Northern District Commander Shimon Lavi have told associates they don’t intend to resign over the deadly stampede during Lag B’Omer celebrations at Mount ...

United Hatzalah and medical personnel performed CPR on a number of critically injured individuals following the mass casualty incident in Meron that took place near the Toldot Aharon bonfire on Friday ...

Hundreds of thousands of Haredim celebrate the lighting of bonfires on Lag B'Omer on Mt. Meron, April 29, 2021. Two hours before the Friday morning disaster in Meron, Director-General of Israel’s Holy ...

The death toll in the stampede at a religious festival in Israel has climbed to at least 44 on Friday, with about 150 injured — as terrifying videos posted online show thousands of people struggling ...

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This article first appeared on Kveller. On Thursday evening, as I was just about to close my computer, I saw the news alert from The New York Times: “Breaking News: At least 15 people are dead and ...

JERUSALEM — An Israeli government commission investigating a deadly accident at a Jewish pilgrimage site in April held its first day of hearings Sunday, almost four months after the stampede at Mt.

Efforts to identify victims and connect loved ones with missing relatives will continue into the weekend after a deadly stampede at a religious celebration in northern Israel killed at least 45 people ...