Get email updates with the day's biggest stories Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeTwo people are dead and more than 100 injured after a grandstand in a West Bank synagogue under construction collapsed at the start of a Jewish holiday. The tiers were packed with hundreds of ultra-Orthodox worshippers when they fell during prayers at ceremony to mark the beginning of Shavuot today. (Image: REUTERS) (Image: REUTERS)The Israeli military said in a statement that it dispatched medics and other search and rescue troops to assist at the scene. A police spokesman said 650 worshippers were at the Givat worship site for the start of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

Source: Daily Mirror May 16, 2021 19:58 UTC