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Alternative festivities to be held at ancient Shiloh in Samaria, site of the biblical Tabernacle.
The Iranian terror proxy said it attacked in retaliation for the killing of a senior field commander in Southern Lebanon.
One person was lightly injured running to a protected space and was evacuated to Ziv Medical Center in Safed.
Still, two years after a deadly stampede at the pilgrimage site, ushers allowed early arrivals entry without checking for tickets.
A state committee of inquiry added that Amir Ohana, public security minister at the time, did not do what was expected when he gave the go-ahead for the celebrations.
A year after 45 men and boys died in a stampede, police cap 16,000 worshippers on the mountain at a time.
A heavy presence by police and first responders was reported, with a memorial ceremony honoring the 45 victims of last year’s tragedy.
Donny Morris’s aunt says a number of initiatives both in Israel and the family’s hometown of Bergenfield, N.J., have been created to keep his memory alive.
The April 30, 2021 disaster at the Lag B’Omer festival left 45 dead and 150 wounded. With this year’s gathering only days away, the plaintiffs’ lawyer contends the state has learned nothing from the tragedy.
The Supreme Court ruled that the state has the right to destroy six structures built illegally in the area around the gravesite.
Organized under the auspices of a volunteer organization called “Imahot L’Maan Imahot” (“Mothers Supporting Mothers”), the gathering took place at the Dan Family Aish World Center near the Western Wall in the Old City, almost exactly one month after the tragedy at Mount Meron.
Investigating the tragedy that left 45 people dead and 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag B’Omer festival is imperative, says Israel’s defense minister.
