President Reuven Rivlin lit 45 candles on Friday afternoon to commemorate the 45 victims reported at the time from Mount Meron.

Emergency and security services are working to save the injured and identify the deceased.

"In that hurry, we fell on each other: I thought I was going to die," said one eyewitness. "I saw people dead next to me."

Jewish leaders and community organizations addressed the tragedy on social media.

Northern District Police chief Shimon Lavi said that he was prepared to take responsibility for what happened at Mount Meron.

It is perhaps the most insular, well-organized and cohesive of the groups that make up Israel’s haredi community.

Some 14 out of every 100 Israeli Jews say the go "when they can" to commemorate the anniversary of Shimon Bar Yochai's death on Lag Ba'omer.

Safety wasn't the first consideration, as – unfortunately – is often the case in this country.

Many of the victims came from the ultra-Orthodox hassidic Toldos Aharon community whose bonfire lighting ceremony was adjacent to the site of the disaster.

Current comptroller Matanyahu Englman said his office has been tracking the issue and may initiate a more comprehensive probe given the extent of the tragedy.

Some 32 victims were identified and 22 released for burial before the onset of Shabbat.

"Like many of the citizens of Israel, I came to donate blood as an act of identification with the wounded and as an act of identification with the terrible tragedy that happened here," said the PM.

MK Ben-Gvir, who was at Meron all night, says government must form a commission of inquiry. Public Security Minister Amir Ohana deflected criticism from the police.

While there is “no golden rule," there are best practices for surviving a stampede.

Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, sent his "heartfelt sympathies" to Israel's President Reuven Rivlin in a letter on Saturday.

Khoury-Kassabari is the first Arab in a HU senior position of vice president and the role is the first senior role designed to strengthen inclusion and diversity at an Israeli University.

All tours will be offered for the price of NIS 10 per participant and many of the tours are appropriate for children and those with disabilities.

Yosef Amram Tauber, 19, of Monsey, was a student at the Brisk yeshiva. A relative said that he left for Israel to attend the yeshiva “for the first time last week.”

Residents of east Jerusalem have not been able to use Rav Kav cards since the beginning of 2020 after then-transportation minister Bezalel Smotrich announced an expected year-long pause.

The developer, IceCure, is consisted of several staff members that are graduates of the Technion - the Israel Institute of Technology.

Air pollution is typically affected by both human factors as well as meteorological factors that impacts the amount of particulates in the air.

Fire and rescue services have gained control of the flames and the plant has paused the supply of fuel to the facility.

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Biden said after the call, "the United States stands with the people of Israel, and with Jewish communities the world over, in mourning the terrible tragedy at Mount Meron.

As a result of the disaster at Mount Meron, cultural events and musical performances that were expected to take place on Friday were cancelled throughout Israel.

Pantene and Zichron Menachem, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting young cancer patients, as well as their families, are teaming up, for the eighth year, to gather hair donations from women.

When 'evil Zionism' touches Toldot Aharon, the outcome is explosive.

The Parents Circle Families Forum has 600 Israeli and Palestinian members and rests on the conviction that grief transcends political identity.

Four vaccinated Israelis have been infected with the Indian variant. In total, some 41 cases of the variant have been found in the country.

In addition, the tenders did not state that the positions were open to women and neither were they written using both male and female language.