Israeli Police Knew In January 2020 To Limit Lag B’Omer Crowd Size At Meron

Israeli police knew more than a year before April’s deadly Lag B’Omer crowd crush at Mount Meron that the number of participants should be restricted, KAN news reported on Tuesday, citing newly published documents from January 2020.

A total of 45 men and boys were killed and around 150 other people were injured on April 30 in the deadliest civil disaster in Israeli history.

According to the document, police officer Lt.-Col. Victor Busquilia noted at the time that the compound run by the Toldot Aharon chassidus was able to hold a maximum of 8,000 people. The disaster occurred at the Toldot Aharon compound, with the crowd size estimated at 25,000, far exceeding the safe limit.

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{Matzav.com}