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Kikar HaShabbatSecurity

Young Man Dies in Fall from Yeshiva Building; Toddler Critically Injured in Separate Incident

Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba

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Hebrew · 18 newsrooms covering

A young man died after falling five stories from a yeshiva in Bnei Brak on Thursday. In a separate, simultaneous incident, a two-year-old child fell four stories in Kiryat Yam and is in critical condition.

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  • Young man dies in five-story fall from Bnei Brak yeshiva.
  • Toddler critically injured in separate four-story fall in Kiryat Yam.
  • Both incidents occurred simultaneously on Thursday morning.
  • Recent trend of serious fall incidents involving youth noted.
Young Man Dies in Fall from Yeshiva Building; Toddler Critically Injured in Separate Incident
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A young Haredi man, identified as Rabbi Tuvia Kampa, approximately 20 years old, died Thursday morning after falling five stories from the building of the Beit Midrash Elyon yeshiva on Uziel Street in Bnei Brak. Emergency rescue teams performed resuscitation efforts but were ultimately unsuccessful, pronouncing him dead at the scene. Rabbi Kampa had recently married and was studying at the yeshiva.

Simultaneously, in a separate incident in Kiryat Yam, a two-year-old child fell four stories and was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa in critical condition. Emergency medical personnel are continuing resuscitation efforts and fighting for the child's life.

These two severe incidents occurred on the same morning, stretching emergency services thin. The article notes a recent trend of difficult fall incidents involving children and teenagers in Israel. Just the previous day, a 13-year-old boy was moderately injured in a fall from a window at a Bnei Brak educational institution. Last week, a two-year-old girl suffered a head injury and was evacuated in moderate condition after falling about a meter from a height in Bnei Brak.

Kikar HaShabbatHaredi · Bnei Brak

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