Lubell, Maayan (2 de mayo de 2021). «U.S. citizens killed in Israel festival disaster, anger mounts». Reuters. Consultado el 2 de mayo de 2021. «The exact cause of the disaster is still not clear, but witness accounts and videos posted on social media suggested that some people had fallen down stairs leading out of a narrow passageway packed by hundreds of worshippers trying to exit the site, as a surge of people came down upon those ahead of them who had fallen, being trampled and asphyxiated.»
Gross, Judah Ari (3 de mayo de 2021). «A steep, slippery ramp, uneven stairs: Walking the route of the Meron disaster». The Times of Israel. Consultado el 12 de mayo de 2021. «The exit stairs were covered in candles on Sunday, some arranged in the shape of the number 45 — for the 45 people, many of them children, who didn’t make it out to that covered walkway, who were crushed to death on the stairs as masses of people fell on and trampled one another at 1 a.m. Friday.»
