{"id":462907,"date":"2021-04-30T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462907"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:20:58","slug":"state-dept-says-multiple-u-s-citizens-killed-in-stampede-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-says-multiple-u-s-citizens-killed-in-stampede-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. says multiple U.S. citizens killed in stampede in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-dept-says-multiple-u-s-citizens-killed-in-stampede-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2403210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2403210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in a funeral ceremony in Jerusalem for a victim of an overnight stampede during a religious gathering in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. \u2013 A massive stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site killed at least 44 people in Israel, blackening the country\u2019s largest COVID-era gathering. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:17 PM PT \u2013 Friday, April 30, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The State Department has said multiple U.S. citizens were killed in a stampede at a religious festival in Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S State Department on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stampede?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stampede<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a>: \u201cWe can confirm that multiple U.S. citizens were among the casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Murphy (@dan_murphy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dan_murphy\/status\/1388199623618174979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised an investigation into the incident, which left at least 45 dead and 100 injured. Despite warnings to maintain social distancing, large crowds gathered at the Jewish festival during the celebration&nbsp;Lag BaOmer at Mount Meron.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mourners visited the site of a fatal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stampede?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stampede<\/a> at Israel&#8217;s Mount Meron, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The incident happened during a crowded religious festival on Friday. Paramedics said 45 people were killed and as many as 150 were injured at the event. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MbrXQKa9tS\">pic.twitter.com\/MbrXQKa9tS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News 8 (@CBS8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS8\/status\/1388195299517161473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-israel-health-coronavirus-cf9f6e159d03efdb42dcf2d401beefc2?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=AP\">reports<\/a>, the stampede took palace in the men\u2019s section of the festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will carry out a thorough, serious and in-depth investigation in order to ensure that such a disaster does not reoccur,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/josh-duggar-pleads-not-guilty-to-child-porn-charges-former-19-kids-and-counting-star-to-remain-in-custody-until-may-5-hearing\/\">Josh Duggar Pleads Not Guilty To Child Porn Charges, Former \u201919 Kids And Counting\u2019 Star To Remain In Custody Until May 5 Hearing<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men take part in a funeral ceremony in Jerusalem for a victim of an overnight stampede during a religious gathering in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. \u2013 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277103,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-462907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}