At least 40 Israelis are killed and scores of others injured, many critically, in a stampede during a Jewish bonfire festival held in the north of the occupied territories. Tens of thousands were attending the annual Lag B'Omer Jewish festival at, what has been identified as, the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a religious figure, in a town named as Meron in the occupied Palestinian territories. According to Magen David Adom of the Israeli regime’s emergency services’ organization, 24 of those injured were in critical condition. Six helicopters were sent over to address the situation Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the incident as a "heavy disaster."