"I have instructed my team to offer our assistance to the government and people of Israel as they respond to the disaster and care for the wounded." Paramedics and ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand next to covered bodies after dozens of people were killed and others injured after a grandstand collapsed in Meron, Israel, where tens of thousands of people were gathered to celebrate the festival of Lag Ba'omer at the site in northern Israel early, April 30, 2021. "The loss of life among worshipers practicing their faith is heartbreaking," Mr.
President Joe Biden said he spoke with Netanyahu on Friday to offer condolences. "Nobody managed to halt," he said from a hospital bed. One of the injured, Avraham Leibe, told Israeli public broadcaster Kan that a crush of people trying to descend the mountain caused a "general bedlam" on a slippery metal slope followed by stairs. Medics and rescue workers attend to the Lag BaOmer event in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-night prayer and dance, at Mount Meron, Israel, April 30, 2021.
People began falling on top of each other near the end of the walkway, as they descended slippery metal stairs, witnesses said. The stampede began when large numbers of people thronged a narrow tunnel-like passage during the event, according to witnesses and video footage. It said in a statement that it was "working with the families of all those who died and were injured to enter Israel as easily and quickly as possible." The Consulate General of Israel in New York on Friday confirmed that four of the dead were U.S. It was one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters. Jerusalem - A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said.
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