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Israel to resume stampede funerals after Sabbath pause
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01/05/2021 - 10:22 The Mount Meron stampede was one of the worst peacetime disasters in Israel s history Menahem KAHANA AFP 4 min
Jerusalem (AFP)
Israel was preparing Saturday to bury more victims of a stampede that killed at least 45 people at a Jewish pilgrimage site, one of the nation s worst peacetime disasters.
Most of the victims were ultra-Orthodox Jews and funerals were expected to be held after sunset which ends the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.
Some funerals had already taken place on Friday, just hours after the overnight disaster.
Tens of thousands of people had thronged to Mount Meron and the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to mark the Lag BaOmer holiday and commemorate the second-century Talmudic sage s death.
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The nighttime carnage struck after pilgrims thronged to Meron at the site of the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century Talmudic sage, where mainly ultra-Orthodox Jews, or haredim, mark the Lag BaOmer holiday.
The health ministry put the toll at 45 dead. The Magen David Adom rescue agency said an estimated 150 had been injured.
With families anxious to bury loved ones before the Shabbat break, funerals were held in Jerusalem and the mainly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, where haredi men in traditional long black coats lined the streets to mourn.
Israeli ultra-Orthodox mourners attend a funeral of a man who died in the stampede
Israel Funerals For Pilgrimage Deaths Set To Resume After Sabbath Pause By Alexandra Vardi
on May 02 2021 3:37 AM
Israel Saturday evening was set to resume burying victims of a stampede that killed at least 45 people at a Jewish pilgrimage site, one of the nation s worst peacetime disasters.
Some funerals had already taken place on Friday, just hours after the overnight disaster, while local media reported others, including that of a 13-year-old, were scheduled to take place Saturday evening at the end of the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.
Sunday has been declared a national day of mourning. The Mount Meron stampede was one of the worst peacetime disasters in Israel s history
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