### [2021-05-16](/feed/2021/05/16/index.md)

##### Jerusalem
# Two people are dead and at least 100 more are injured as a tiered seating structure collapse at a partly built synagogue in Jerusalem. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57138151) [Image](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7E1B/production/_118538223_mediaitem118538222.jpg)

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