'The phones of the dead don’t stop ringing and we see [the calls are from] ‘my dear wife,'' says Zaka official as families desperately try to find relatives missing after tragedy

Due to huge crowds, police say they're unable to enforce coronavirus restrictions; Health Ministry officials warn 'unsafe situation' may lead to mass contagion

Witnesses say many of wounded unconscious, ambulances, helicopter rushing to event, the largest held in Israel since COVID outbreak; President Rivlin prays for victims

Traditional Lag B'Omer festivities on northern mountain see scuffles between police, worshipers over restrictions meant to limit contagion

Some 5,000 cops to be deployed at Mount Meron where entry to main festival area to be capped at 10,000; temperature rise adds further concern for safety authorities across country

Sharon Alroy-Preis advocates for air travel restrictions; fumes over government's refusal to curb Lag B'Omer festivities at Meron, expected to draw hundreds of thousands

Police officer lightly injured, reportedly by rock thrown at her, as officers attempt to disperse prayer gathering held in contravention of regulations

Hundreds clashed with police at northern Israel tomb at end of Lag B'Omer; 3 remain in custody on suspicion of assaulting officers; all suspects fined

On Lag B'Omer, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men try to break into northern Israel tomb and mass event in Mea Shearim in capital apparently goes unnoticed by police

Prime minister orders police to crack down on gatherings in capital and Beit Shemesh amid warnings that incidents could lead to fresh outbreak of coronavirus