Mount Meron
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Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel Jarmaq, is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declar
Northern slopes of Mount Meron
Tomb of Shimon bar Yochai
Snowfall on Mount Meron
2021 Meron crowd crush
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On 30 April 2021, at about 00:45 IDT, a deadly crowd crush occurred on Mount Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, at
Mount Meron
…hospital was closed, people from the surrounding area donated bedsheets and equipment to assist the wounded. At about 12:50 a.m. on April 30, 2021, hundreds of Israelis were trampled as they were leaving the mountain, having attended a Lag BaOmer celebration that drew an estimated 100,000 people in spite of a 10,000-people limit…
Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, 2016
Crowd before the disaster
Flags lowered to half-mast on 2 May