MIDEAST ISRAEL MERON LAG BAOMER stampede FUNERAL

Relatives await for the funeral of 13 year old victim of the Mt. Meron Lag Ba'Omer celebrations stampede, Yedidia Hayut at the Sgula cemetery in Petach Tikva, Israel, May 02, 2021. Some 45 people lost their lives and hundred more were injured as a large crowd was crammed through a narrow corridor at the site of the tomb of the 2nd-century sage Rabi Shimon bar Yochai, also known by his acronym Rashbi.

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Relatives await for the funeral of 13 year old victim of the Mt. Meron Lag Ba'Omer celebrations stampede, Yedidia Hayut at the Sgula cemetery in Petach Tikva, Israel, May 02, 2021. Some 45 people lost their lives and hundred more were injured as a large crowd was crammed through a narrow corridor at the site of the tomb of the 2nd-century sage Rabi Shimon bar Yochai, also known by his acronym Rashbi.