Stampede at religious festival in Israel kills nearly 40, leaves 150 injured - Economic Times
10:23pm PDT - April 29th, 2021 israel - The Times of IndiaThe 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 …