At least 20 critically injured in accident at Israel holy site

CGTN

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Dozens of people were injured, 20 of them critically, after a grandstand collapsed at a Jewish pilgrimage site in northern Israel, local rescue services said early Friday.

Emergency services and ambulances "are treating dozens of injured" including "20 patients in a critical state," Zaki Heller, spokesperson for Magen David Adom, the Israeli emergency service, said in a statement.