Stampede at religious festival in Israel kills nearly 40, leaves 150 injured - Economic Times

10:23pm PDT - April 29th, 2021    israel - The Times of India

The stampede, one of the deadliest civilian disasters in Israeli history, occurred during the celebrations of Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron. Tens of thousands of people, mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews, gather each year to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a 2nd century …