At least 45 dead in stampede at Israeli religious festival

At least 45 people have died in a stampede at a Jewish religious festival in northern Israel, health authorities said on Friday.

Dozens more wounded people were taken to six different hospitals, the Health Ministry said on Friday morning. Some 150 people were injured according to Magen David Adom rescue group.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to the site in the town of Meron where he met police and others involved in rescue efforts.

Netanyahu announced a full investigation into the events.

He called the stampede one of the greatest disasters to befall the state…