US Citizens Among Dozens Killed in Israeli Stampede

Ultra Orthodox Jews look at stairs with waste on it in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-night prayer and dance, on April 30, 2021. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Multiple U.S. citizens were among the dozens killed and injured in a stampede at a religious festival in Israel, the U.S. Embassy said on Saturday.

Forty-five people were crushed to death and more than 100 injured at the ultra-Orthodox Jewish festival on the slopes of Israel’s Mount Meron, held overnight between Thursday and Friday.