JERUSALEM — An Israeli government commission investigating a deadly accident at a Jewish pilgrimage site in April held its first day of hearings Sunday, almost four months after the stampede at Mt.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, minister Amir Ohana and police chief Yaakov Shabtai, at the Mount Meron site — Ronen ZVULUN A probe into Israel's worst civilian disaster on Wednesday found ...

FILE - In this April 30, 2021 file photo, Israeli security officials and rescuers stand around the bodies of victims who died during Lag Baomer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel. An Israeli ...

ISRAEL -- A fifth victim from the Tri-State area was killed in the stampede at a religious festival in Israel Thursday night. 21-year-old Menachem Knoblowitz of Borough Park, Brooklyn was buried just ...

The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel – which in 2022 falls on Wednesday night, May 18 – until recently has attracted as many as half a million visitors every year. The annual ...

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — The independent commission investigating a deadly stampede at a religious festival in northern Israel last year said Tuesday that then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other ...

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli government commission investigating a deadly accident at a Jewish pilgrimage site in April held its first day of hearings Sunday, almost four months after the stampede at Mount ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the commission would investigate major safety shortcomings that led to a deadly stampede at Lag Baomer celebrations on Mount Meron. JERUSALEM (AP) ...

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — An Israeli government commission investigating a deadly accident at a Jewish pilgrimage site in April held its first day of hearings Sunday, almost four months after the stampede ...