American victims named after 45 people are crushed to death at Jewish festival
M.L. Nestel
Updated: May 1 2021, 1:40 ET
AT LEAST four Americans were trampled to death in the stampede that claimed 45 people during an Israel celebration that turned into a “death trap,” reports say.
The American victims have been named as Daniel “Donny” Morris, 19; Shraga Gestetner, 33; Yosef Amram Tauber, 18; and Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi Josef, 26.
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Daniel Donny Morris, 19, was confirmed to be one of the 45 who died on FridayCredit: Twitter
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Shraga Gestetner was remembered as an accomplished Hasidic rabbinical scholar and talented cantorCredit: Twitter
They died at the annual pilgrimage of Lag BaOmer in Mount Meron just after midnight on Thursday night.
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