{"id":950195,"date":"2026-07-21T18:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/950195\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:57:22","slug":"victim-of-jerusalem-balcony-collapse-identified-as-barry-levitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/950195\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim of Jerusalem balcony collapse identified as Barry Levitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry Levitt, 80, was identified on Tuesday as the man killed when a balcony collapsed<\/a> the previous day on Keren Kayemet Boulevard in Jerusalem\u2019s Rehavia neighborhood, after his family approved the publication of his name.<\/p>\n

Levitt made aliyah in 2020 from Johannesburg, South Africa, along with his wife Janet, who was injured in the collapse.<\/p>\n

A second-floor balcony in the three-story building collapsed onto a ground-floor restaurant on Monday, causing significant damage, the Fire and Rescue Authority<\/a> reported. Civilians rescued two trapped victims, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA deceased man in his 80s was recovered by Fire and Rescue Authority rescue workers,\u201d a United Hatzalah paramedic said at the time of the collapse. \u201cUnfortunately, he was pronounced dead at the scene due to the severe injuries he suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five people sustained minor injuries, the Israel Police<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on a nearby street when I suddenly heard a loud noise,\u201d a Magen David Adom<\/a> paramedic said. \u201cI rushed to the source of the noise and saw in the distance a balcony that had collapsed on a business, with extensive destruction and frightened people who needed help. I immediately reported the incident to the MDA hotline and went to the scene in my vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n

United Hatzalah said it had provided assistance to several victims with minor injuries and others suffering from anxiety-related symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry Levitt, 80, was identified on Tuesday as the man killed when a balcony collapsed the previous day…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":950196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[21883,2693,99,98081,47043,5245,50],"class_list":["post-950195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-building-collapse","tag-disaster","tag-israel","tag-israel-fire-and-rescue-authority","tag-jerusalem","tag-magen-david-adom","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116959500550871495","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}