At least 38 people were trampled to death and more than 65 injured, in the stampede, after midnight on Thursday, from a religious gathering to celebrate the festival of Lag B’Omer in Mount Meron, in the Upper Galilee region. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident “a terrible disaster”. The ZAKA rescue service said at least 38 people died. Magen David Adom – the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross – said his paramedics were caring for 65 people, including 6 in critical condition and 18 seriously injured. The rescue service said six helicopters and dozens of ambulances were evacuating the injured to Safed’s Ziv Hospital, Nahariya’s Galilee Medical Center, Haifa’s Rambam Hospital, Poriya Hospital in Tiberias and Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
The precise cause of the disaster is still unclear. According to the former reportthe steps with a booth would collapse in one of the concerts in which 100,000 people were taking part. However, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service, the tragedy was caused by a collapse and overcrowding. A police officer said dozens of concert attendees “slipped,” falling from the stands onto those below them and causing a terrifying domino effect. Among the hypotheses also the collapse of a roof.
Tragedy in Meron: MDA is fighting for the lives of dozens wounded, and will not give up until the last victim is evacuated.
38 are in critical condition and still in the field
6 in critical condition who were evacuated
18 injured severely
2 moderately
39 lightly pic.twitter.com/xUWStFYqQh– Magen David Adom (@Mdais) April 30, 2021
A huge crowd was attending the annual gathering in Galilee northern, to pray at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai, a sage and mystic from the 2nd century AD “The rescue teams were called to one of the concerts near the tomb of Bar Yochai, where there was a terrible collapse near a building. There were dozens of people trapped in a nearby stand and it took some time to evacuate them, ”said MDA spokesman Zaki Heller. “There are victims, it is a terrible tragedy,” he stressed, adding that it was a very complicated rescue operation that would take place all night.
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Israel, escape from the religious gathering: 38 dead, more than 65 injured
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Israel, escape from the religious gathering: 38 dead, more than 65 injured
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Israel, escape from the religious gathering: 38 dead, more than 65 injured
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Israel, escape from the religious gathering: 38 dead, more than 65 injured
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Israel, escape from the religious gathering: 38 dead, more than 65 injured
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Israel, escape from the religious gathering: 38 dead, more than 65 injured
Like every year on the occasion of the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer (reminiscent of the 132 AD Jewish rebellion against the Roman legions) over 100,000 observant Jews went to Mount Meron, in the Upper Galilee region, to pray at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Ber Yochai, a sage and mystic from the 2nd century AD According to tradition, he is the author of the mystical text of the “Zohar” (the splendor). This event has been the busiest in Israel for years, sometimes drawing up to half a million people. Last year, due to the coronavirus, it was canceled. This year, with the improvement of the health situation, it was authorized, but with numerous limitations which, however, did not withstand the pressure of the immense crowd. Another disaster had also occurred on Mount Meron in 1911. Then dozens of people died in the collapse of a building near the rabbi’s tomb.
April 30, 2021 (change April 30, 2021 | 03:32)
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