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Stampede at Israeli religious festival leaves at least 44 dead

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A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150.

It's one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters.

Witnesses said people were asphyxiated or trampled in a tightly packed passageway, some going unnoticed until the PA system sounded an appeal to disperse, as crowds packed the Mount Meron slope in defiance of COVID-19 warnings.

A police spokesperson said the overall capacity at Mount Meron was similar to previous years, but that this time bonfire areas were partitioned off as a COVID-19 precaution. That may have created unexpected choke-points on foot traffic, Israeli media said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the stampede as a "heavy disaster" and said the country will hold a national day of mourning on Sunday.

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