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Dozens injured in Israeli synagogue bleacher collapse

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Israeli emergency services transport the injured following a bleacher collapse at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev southeast of Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank, on May 16, 2021. Two people were killed and dozens injured when the grandstand seating collapsed at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev according to Israeli authorities, "as hundreds were congregated" for the Jewish Shavuot feast, a Magen David Adom emergency services spokesman told Israeli channel Kan.
Israeli emergency services transport the injured following a bleacher collapse at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev southeast of Ramallah city in the occupied West Bank, on May 16, 2021. Two people were killed and dozens injured when the grandstand seating collapsed at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev according to Israeli authorities, "as hundreds were congregated" for the Jewish Shavuot feast, a Magen David Adom emergency services spokesman told Israeli channel Kan.
GIL COHEN-MAGEN, AFP Via Getty Images
Ultra Orthodox Jewish men and children gather at the scene where a grandstand seating at a synagogue collapsed in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank outside Jerusalem, on May 16, 2021, that left at least 60 people injured. - The incident occurred "as hundreds were congregated" for the Jewish Shavuot feast, a spokesman told Israeli channel Kan.
Ultra Orthodox Jewish men and children gather at the scene where a grandstand seating at a synagogue collapsed in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank outside Jerusalem, on May 16, 2021, that left at least 60 people injured. - The incident occurred "as hundreds were congregated" for the Jewish Shavuot feast, a spokesman told Israeli channel Kan.
GIL COHEN-MAGEN, AFP Via Getty Images
Medics and members of the Israeli security forces evacuate an injured man after the collapse of grandstand seating at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank outside Jerusalem, on May 16, 2021, that left at least 60 people injured.
Medics and members of the Israeli security forces evacuate an injured man after the collapse of grandstand seating at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank outside Jerusalem, on May 16, 2021, that left at least 60 people injured.
GIL COHEN-MAGEN, AFP Via Getty Images
Israeli police officers walk inside an empty synagogue is seen in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021. Israeli medics say more than 150 people were injured in a fatal collapse of a bleacher at an uncompleted West Bank synagogue.
Israeli police officers walk inside an empty synagogue is seen in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021. Israeli medics say more than 150 people were injured in a fatal collapse of a bleacher at an uncompleted West Bank synagogue.
Sebastian Scheiner, AP
Israeli medics evacuate an injured an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man after the collapse of grandstand seating at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank outside Jerusalem, on May 16, 2021, that left at least 60 people injured.
Israeli medics evacuate an injured an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man after the collapse of grandstand seating at a synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev in the occupied West Bank outside Jerusalem, on May 16, 2021, that left at least 60 people injured.
GIL COHEN-MAGEN, AFP Via Getty Images
Israeli medics carry wounded ultra-Orthodox men outside a synagogue in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021.
Israeli medics carry wounded ultra-Orthodox men outside a synagogue in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021.
Sebastian Scheiner, AP
Israeli rescue workers carry a body outside a synagogue in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021.
Israeli rescue workers carry a body outside a synagogue in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021.
Sebastian Scheiner, AP
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