Israel buries victims of tragic festival crush

[Eldorado]

Families in Israel have begun burying their loved ones after at least 45 people died in a crush at a crowded Jewish festival overnight.

Some 150 people were also injured at the Lag B'Omer festival, near Mount Meron, when people became trapped in an overcrowded passageway.

Funerals were allowed to take place for victims who were positively identified.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that an inquiry would ensure such a tragedy did not happen again.

Visiting the scene, he said it was one of the worst peacetime disasters the country had known.

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