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Jewish News 24 · Jul 21, 2026

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An 80-year-old man killed when a residential balcony collapsed onto a bakery in Jerusalem has been identified as Barry (Bari) Levit, authorities and family members said Tuesday. Levit was trapped beneath the rubble after the balcony of a private home collapsed onto a commercial building on KKL Street in Jerusalem's Shaarei Chesed neighborhood. Rescue crews extricated him from the debris and rushed him to a hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead.

An 80-year-old man killed when a residential balcony collapsed onto a bakery in Jerusalem has been identified as Barry (Bari) Levit, authorities and family members said Tuesday. Levit was trapped beneath the rubble after the balcony of a private home collapsed onto a commercial building on KKL Street in Jerusalem's Shaarei Chesed neighborhood. Rescue crews extricated him from the debris and rushed him to a hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead.

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