At least 60 people were injured on Sunday, 10 of them seriously in the collapsed bleachers of a synagogue in Givaat Zeev, an Israeli settlement near Jerusalem, Israeli rescue services reported.
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Hundreds of worshipers were gathered there to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (Pentecost) in this synagogue when the bleachers gave way under their feet.
According to an emergency spokesperson, the structure was
"under construction"
.
