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A person was killed when a tunnel collapsed on Friday, trapping 11 people on a construction site near Beit She & # 39; s year near the Jordan Valley. Eight have already been saved and the emergency site team is working with the firefighters to rescue the rest of the trapped people. Israeli police also participate in the rescue operation.
The remaining 10 trapped persons were all rescued by the emergency forces, four were reported in a mild to moderate state, police said. The police closed the construction site.
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The collapse, according to initial reports, occurred when a crane fell during pumping and drainage work. The incident occurred in a power plant near Kibbutz Reshafim, which lies just south of Beit She & # 39; s year. One person was killed and 11 were trapped when a tunnel near Beit She & # 39; an, near the Jordan Valley, collapsed on Friday. Two of the workers, aged 18 and 19, were evacuated by helicopter to the Emek Medical Center, where they were treated for shock. They are in a stable state.
Two other people, slightly injured, are also treated at the medical center
The police also opened an investigation into the circumstances of the accident in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.
MK Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union), Chairman of the State Control Committee called for the closure of the site and a criminal investigation into the contractor.
"The license of the entrepreneur must be revoked until the end of the investigation and a huge banner must be placed on the site explaining its closure," she said.
According to Yachimovich, the incident on Friday marks the 23th death this year in the construction industry and a contractor license not a single one was revoked. "It's shocking that human life is so cheap that" it's not worth investing in ways to protect lives, "she said. that they are alive continues to be lost.
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