In an unforseen move, Israeli Police have halted all buses heading to Meron for Lag BaOmer celebrations, a move that has dampened the excitement of thousands. It isn’t yet clear whether the buses were stopped due to concerns of overcrowding at the kever of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai or due to an Israeli strike that targeted top Islamic Jihad leaders in Gaza in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Initial reports state that the head of Islamic Jihad’s military wing was killed in the strikes along with other top figures in the Iran-backed group. Due to the strikes, Israel’s Home Front Command has issued an alert to residents in the country’s south to remain near a shelter all night. But there are also fears that another Iran-backed group, Hezbollah, will launch retaliatory rockets from Lebanon in the north, some of which might target Meron, hence the stop to all buses heading there. DEVELOPING. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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