Lag Baomer: Olmert photos burned
Extreme-rightists in West Bank burn photos of Olmert, Livni, Hamas members during Lag Baomer bonfires
Tens of thousands of bonfires were lit across the country to mark Lag Baomer. Firefighters stood ready to prevent bonfires from spreading out of control, despite the fact that some areas have seen strikes by local departments.
The Ministry of Environment published a list of suggestions to reduce air pollution.
Lag Baomer at Har Meron (Photo: Hagai Aharon)
A 20 year-old man was seriously injured after pouring flammable liquid on a fire in Bnei Brak. The man's clothes caught fire. Magen David Adom paramedics evacuated him to the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer where he was treated for burns.
In Bat Yam a seven year-old boy was injured by a car while on the way to a Lag Baomer bonfire. The child was evacuated by Magen David Adom to the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv.
Extreme right-wing activists burned pictures of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in different areas in Judea and Samaria. Pictures o Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Hamas members were also set on fire at Lag Baomer fires.
In Jerusalem, right-wing activists set an effigy of Olmert ablaze.
Over 150,000 people marked the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai at Har Meron. The site has attracted ultra-Orthodox and secular Jews for hundreds of years.
Efrat Weiss contributed to this story
