Northern district chief says failure to impose caps on attendance was itself driven by safety concerns, as barricades could cause 'bottlenecks and much greater disasters'

Northern District Police Commander Shimon Lavie and Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel, among six officials called to testify

'We won't let you take the site out of ultra-Orthodox hands,' demonstrators chant as representatives examine infrastructure in their probe of deadly crush

Matanyahu Englman says move will allow official inquiry to 'optimally and exclusively' investigate the deadly crush that killed 45 people in April

UTJ's Ya'akov Asher's proposal falls in a 59-55 vote; minister says government has not yet formulated its position on the issue

'A red line was crossed,' say families of those killed in the deadly crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations at the shrine; police investigating

Avichai Mandeblit says priority will be given to the state commission of inquiry to investigate the deadly crush that killed 45 people in April

Attorney general given 30 days to present government reports on planning of Lag B'Omer event at Mount Meron, where 45 people were killed in a deadly crush

Mordechai Karelitz, former Bnei Brak mayor, will be Haredi voice on 3-member panel, alongside IDF's ex-head of planning; April 30 tragedy claimed 45 lives, mostly ultra-Orthodox

Toldos Aharon officials reportedly suspected of negligent homicide over event where 45 people were crushed to death; cabinet has okayed state commission of inquiry