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Mobile reception had crashed at Mount Meron as families were searching for missing loved ones. “Sadly there are fatalities,” the director of Hatzala’s medical division Avi Marcus said.
Ambulance services arrived at the scene, and began treating dozens of injured revellers, with some patients receiving resuscitation. Six helicopters arrived to evacuate the injured.
סרטון הזוי, דקות ספורות לפני האסון הקשה נראים האנשים מצטופפים במדרגות ונתקלים במחסום אנושי שעוצר אותם. מה גרם לדוחק להתפרץ בבת אחת ולציבור להימחץ? pic.twitter.com/4VBzW5jfNE ישראל כהן (@Israelcohen911) April 29, 2021
“I had just sat down to eat when I heard the screams; We rushed to help, and then we saw the bodies. At the start it was about 10. Now, there’s many more,” Avi, a witness who helped treat the injured told Haaretz.
Footage reveals first moments of horror following Meron disaster
Rescue teams and confused masses seen trying to pull trapped revelers out of the mayhem and victims can be heard crying for help as bedlam ensues in one of the biggest civilian disasters in Israel s history
Ahiya Raved, Sivan Hillaie, Moshe Mizrahi |
Published: 04.30.21 , 16:36
Minutes after the stampede disaster at the Lag BaOmer festivities on Mount Meron, in which at least 45 revelers were killed and as many as 150 others were injured, footage from the incident started surfacing on social media overnight Friday, depicting the bedlam that ensued at the site, the cries of the victims and failed rescue attempts in one of the biggest civilian disasters in Israel s history.
В Израиле сообщили о погибших при давке на религиозном празднике ria.ru - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ria.ru Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Apr. 30, 2021
The Abu Kabir forensic institute confirmed on Sunday that the bodies of all 45 victims from a mass stampede on Lag Ba omer festivities overnight Thursday have been identified.
The institute, based in Jaffa, announced that it managed to identify all the bodies by around midnight on Saturday. Of those, all but one have been released for burial. The final body will be released on Sunday, at the request of his family.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry said that at least four American citizens and one Argentinian are among the victims of the disaster.funerals of several of those killed in a mass stampede during Lag Ba omer festivities overnight Thursday in northern Israel has resumed on Saturday evening, following a cessation of burials over Shabbat after instruction by Israel s chief rabbi.