Posted on 04/30/21
| News Source: Arutz-7
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has declared that Sunday, May 2, will be a day of national mourning for the victims of the Meron disaster.
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"I request to announce Sunday as a national day of mourning," Netanyahu said. "Let us unite, all of us, with the sorrow of the families, and prayers for the welfare of the injured."
During the night between Thursday night and Friday morning, 44 Israelis were killed in a stampede near the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi). Read more at Arutz-7