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2021 Meron Stampede On 30 April 2021, at about 00:50 IDT, a deadly crowd crush occurred in Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, at which about 100,000 people were in attendance. Forty-five people were killed, and about 150 injured, dozens of them critically, making it the deadliest civil disaster in the history o...