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Dozens hurt in Israeli synagogue accident - ambulance service

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Israeli security forces deploy in Jerusalem's Old City on 23 April 2021, amid tensions following yesterday's clashes between Palestinians and far-right Jews.
Israeli security forces deploy in Jerusalem's Old City on 23 April 2021, amid tensions following yesterday's clashes between Palestinians and far-right Jews.
Ahmad Gharabli, AFP

At least 60 worshippers were injured, some of them critically, on Sunday when a grandstand seating area collapsed in a crowded synagogue in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said.

The incident occurred in the settlement of Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem. A spokesman for the ambulance service said about 10 people sustained serious injuries.

A police spokesman said 650 worshippers were in the synagogue at the time, for the start of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

Security footage on Channel 12 showed a crowded grandstand collapsing and people falling on top of each other.

Forty-five Jewish pilgrims were crushed to death on Israel's Mount Meron on May 1 in a stampede in a narrow passageway during annual celebrations at the burial site of a Jewish sage.

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