Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 28, 2019
1,200 students rescued from Jerusalem school after being trapped for hours
After they were trapped for hours inside the Ein Kerem Agricultural School in Jerusalem due to floods blocking all access, some 1,200 schoolchildren and teachers are successfully rescued.
Heavy rains caused the school to be cut off by flooding that had earlier prevented rescue vehicles from reaching the compound and caused a bridge to collapse.
The students and staff members are transported using police, rescue and firefighter vehicles.