Dozens still missing after wedding tragedy
An army spokesman said dozens of people are still missing after a building collapsed during a wedding recepotion in Israel.
The death toll, currently at 25, is expected to rise.
Alisa Sror, the mother of the groom, said she had just congratulated her son when the floors in the banqueting hall opened up.
‘‘The wall collapsed on them, the floor, the tables,’’ she said from her hospital bed.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has visited the site of the tragedy in Jerusalem, sent affected families his condolences and promised a thorough investigation.
