Permission had been given for 10,000 people to attend a religious event on Mount Meron

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1. An estimated 100,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews had travelled to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai for the annual Lag Baomer commemorations

2. Site of crush. Witnesses said people were asphyxiated or trampled in a tightly packed passageway around three metres wide

An estimated 100,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews had travelled to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai for the annual Lag Baomer commemorations

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Site of crush. Witnesses said people were asphyxiated or trampled in a tightly packed passageway around three metres wide