Magen David Adom evacuates 24 injured during Lag Ba'omer celebrations

7 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 5

In Meron, 23 people were taken to hospital, including a 50-year-old man with a head injury, while a 15-year-old from Arad was separately hospitalised with burns over 18% of his body.
The 50-year-old and the boy were in moderate condition; the other 22 had light injuries including weakness, fainting and bruising. MDA treated 39 more people at the scene without evacuation.
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