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At least 40 people killed in stampede at religious festival in Israel

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JERUSALEM (AP) - A stampede broke out early Friday at a Jewish religious gathering attended by tens of thousands of people in northern Israel, leaving scores injured, authorities said.

Israeli media reported that at least 40 people were killed and published photos of rows of bodies.The disaster occurred at Mount Meron at the main celebrations of Lag BaOmer, a holiday when tens of thousands of people, mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews, gather to honor Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a 2nd century sage and mystic who is buried there.

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