Event
The Neot HaKikar disaster (אסון נאות הכיכר)
30 Dec 1970 · 30.94° N, 35.37° E
What the records say
- When
- 30 Dec 1970
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 30.94° N, 35.37° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Neot HaKikar disaster.
Summary
The Neot HaKikar disaster (אסון נאות הכיכר): the worst natural disaster since the founding of the State of Israel. A rock detaches from a cliff due to heavy rains and crushes an IDF military base dining room. 20 Israelis are killed in the disaster (19 soldiers and a civilian) and ten soldiers were injured (three of them severely).
The source
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