A national day of mourning is taking place in israel after fridays deadly crush at a jewish pilgrimage. 45 men and boys died after being trapped in a narrow walkway during the festival at mount meron, attended by Up To 100,000 mostly ultra orthodox jewish people. Mark lobel reports. Mourning a tragedy one thats shone an uncomfortable light on israeli society amid the search for how one of israels worst Peacetime Disasters unfolded. For now, grief overtakes the demand for answers. The dead includes a rabbi, foreign nationals reportedly from america, canada, and the uk, and at least 12 children and teenagers. During the stampede, many young lives were suddenly at risk. We received several dozen injured people, among them we had two children who died, and we had anotHer three or four children who are severely injured. The crash happened late at night on a passageway in 0man s section during a religious festival attended by ultraorthodox jews. This man says he saw people screaming in fear
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