Casualties & Incidents Database - Search Result
Terror Attack - Nov 3, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Azun, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian blew himself up near the West Bank city of Kalkilya, when Israeli
security forces approached him. The Palestinian was killed and, according to Israeli
sources, no other injuries were reported.
Further Details
Security forces had gone on high alert near several cities along the Green Line on
Monday morning, fearing a terrorist infiltration into the Sharon region. An
intelligence tip led the security officials to the West Bank village of Azun, near Kafr
Qasem, where the would-be terrorist was hiding. an IDF force saw the suspiciouslooking Arab and called for him to stop. The terrorist began running towards the
soldiers, who fired at him - causing the explosives vest he was wearing to explode.
One soldier was lightly wounded.
Sources:
albawaba.com, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sabih Abu Saud
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Sabih Abu Saud, 17, from Nablus, blew himself up near the West Bank city of
Kalkilya, when Israeli security forces approached him.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
albawaba.com
Guerilla Attack - Oct 9, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Tulkarm, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 3
Details:
A suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Tulkarm DCO, killing himself and
wounding two Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian.
Further Details
The blast occurred at a small office booth where Palestinians pick up travel permits
from Israeli authorities. The booth, known as a District Coordination Office, was near
the army checkpoint on the edge of the West Bank town of Tulkarm. The attacker set
off the bomb as he approached the reception window, the military said. The Al Aqsa
Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the bomber as
Ahmed Safadi, an 18-year-old high school student from the village of Oref south of
Nablus.
Sources:
Reuters, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ahmed Safadi
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Oref
Profile:
The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the
bomber as Ahmed Safadi, an 18-year-old high school student from the village of Oref
south of Nablus.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Reuters
Terror Attack - Oct 4, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Restaurant
Haifa, Israel
Killed: 21
Injured: 60
Details:
At least 19 people were killed and as many as 60 wounded when a woman suicide
bomber blew herself up in a packed restaurant in the Israeli coastal city of Haifa on
Saturday.
Further Details
The bomber, a Palestinian woman from Jenin, walked into the "Makom Maxim"
restaurant at about 14:15 and detonated explosives. Nearly everyone in the restaurant
was hit by shrapnel. Among the dead were three children, a baby girl and three
members of a single family. Nine of the wounded are in serious condition.
The "Makom Maxim" restaurant is a favorite with local residents and beach-goers
and is crowded every Saturday. Jointly owned by an Israeli Arab family and a Jewish
family, the restaurant is typical of the relaxed air of tolerance in the mixed city of
Haifa. Nir Muli, the grandson of the restaurant's Jewish owner, said his family
founded the business together with an Arab family 40 years ago. "This restaurant was
a symbol of coexistence," he said. "We never thought that this would happen to us."
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ze'ev Almog
71
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Admiral (res.) Ze'ev Almog, 71, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. Ze'ev Almog (Avrutzky) and his wife Ruth had gone to the beach with their
family and then went to Maxim for lunch. They were killed along with their son,
Moshe, and grandsons, Tomer and Assaf. Daughter Galit, daughter-in-law Orly, and
two other grandchildren were wounded in the blast. Ze'ev Almog was a former
commander of the Israel Navy (1979-1985) and served as long-time commander of
the naval officers' training school in Acre. One of the first members of the Israel
Navy, Almog was instrumental in bringing the first submarines to Israel. Ze'ev and
Ruth met each other during their military service. They married in 1954 and had three
children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ruth Almog
70
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Ruth Almog, 70, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Ruth Almog and her
husband Ze'ev had gone to the beach with their family and then went to Maxim for
lunch. They were killed along with their son, Moshe, and grandsons, Tomer and
Assaf. Daughter Galit, daughter-in-law Orly, and two other grandchildren were
wounded in the blast. Ze'ev and Ruth Almog met each other during their military
service. They married in 1954 and had three children. Ruth had worked as an
education adviser until retiring a few years ago. They were devoted to their
grandchildren, and were often seen holding one of them by the hand or going to pick
them up from the pool or other after-school activity.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Moshe Almog
43
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Moshe Almog, 43, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Three generations of
the Almog family had gone to the beach and then went to Maxim for lunch. Moshe
was killed along with his parents, Ze'ev and Ruth Almog, his son Tomer, and nephew
Assaf Staier. His wife Orly, son, Oren, and daughter, Adi, were all wounded along
with his sister-in-law Galit. Moshe Almog, like his father, served in the navy. He was
a tall man, standing at 1.90 meters, and strong, engaging regularly in sports.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tomer Almog
9
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Tomer Almog, 9, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Three generations of
the Almog family had gone to the beach and then went to Maxim for lunch. Tomer
was killed along with his grandparents, Ze'ev and Ruth Almog, his father Moshe, and
cousin Assaf Staier. Tomer's mother Orly, brother Ron, and sister Adi, were all
wounded along with his aunt Galit.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Assaf Staier
11
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Assaf Staier, 11, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Three generations of
the Almog family had gone to the beach and then went to Maxim for lunch. Assaf
Staier was killed along with his grandparents, Ze'ev and Ruth Almog, his uncle
Moshe Almog, and his cousin Tomer. Assaf's mother Galit was also wounded in the
blast, along with his aunt Orly and two of his cousins.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zvi Bahat
35
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Zvi Bahat, 35, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Tova and Zvi Bahat
with their two small children had just finished lunch at the Maxim restaurant, as they
did every Saturday after spending the morning at the beach. Zvi, who was waiting on
line to pay the bill, was killed when the terrorist detonated the bomb. Tova, who was
lightly wounded, managed to evacuate her daughter Inbar, 6, and son Hadar, 3, before
returning to find the body of her husband Zvi. "A tiny consolation was that he was
whole, and as handsome as he always was," she said. Three-year-old Hadar, who
suffered a head wound, is in critical condition, fighting for his life. His mother made
an impassioned plea for her son: "He is simply fighting for his life. The first thing
that I ask from everyone who hears me, is to send a prayer, everyone in his own way,
that he should have the strength to overcome. He is a strong boy, and beautiful - so
much like his father, and I just have to have him remain alive." Zvi attended the
Alliance high school in Haifa and completed his army service in the Nahal. He
studied business management at the School for Management and worked in the
family business. Friends described him as good-looking, smart and funny, admired in
his field as an honest and professional man. He was devoted to his family, and would
come home from work every afternoon at 4:00 pm to spend time with his children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hadar Bahat
3
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Tova and Zvi Bahat with their two small children had just finished lunch at the
Maxim restaurant, as they did every Saturday after spending the morning at the
beach. Zvi, who was waiting on line to pay the bill, was killed when the terrorist
detonated the bomb. Tova, who was lightly wounded, managed to evacuate her
daughter Inbar, 6, and son Hadar, 3, before returning to find the body of her husband
Zvi. "A tiny consolation was that he was whole, and as handsome as he always was,"
she said. Three-year-old Hadar, who suffered a head wound, is in critical condition,
fighting for his life. His mother made an impassioned plea for her son: "He is simply
fighting for his life. The first thing that I ask from everyone who hears me, is to send
a prayer, everyone in his own way, that he should have the strength to overcome. He
is a strong boy, and beautiful - so much like his father, and I just have to have him
remain alive."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Mark Biano
Age:
Gender:
29
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Mark Biano, 29, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Mark Biano, a local
reporter known for covering terrorist attacks, could not be reached Saturday by staff
members of the local Haifa cable TV news magazine, News of the Day. They
desperately wanted him get to the scene of the attack at the Maxim restaurant. "They
called him on his cellphone, his phone, tried paging him, nothing worked," said
Eliran Tal, another reporter at the station. "We continued covering the attack until we
heard of his death. We put the cameras and microphones aside, and this attack
became a personal tragedy." Mark and his wife Naomi usually ate Shabbat lunch with
his sister. She was vacationing in Eilat and the couple decided this time to eat at
Maxim. Both were killed. Mark and Naomi were married about two years ago, after
which they spent a long honeymoon traveling in the United States and the Caribbean
islands. After returning home, Mark resumed his work as a reporter covering
municipal and environment affairs, while also studying law at Haifa University. He
broadcast his last news report on Thursday, two days before he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Naomi Biano
25
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Naomi Biano, 25, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Mark Biano and his
wife Naomi usually ate Shabbat lunch with his sister. She was vacationing in Eilat
and the couple decided this time to eat at Maxim. Both were killed. Naomi, nee
Wolovsky, was born in Haifa and attended the Alliance high school. After army
service she began to work at the Tiltan College for Communication as an instructor in
computer graphics and building Internet websites. Mark and Naomi were married
about two years ago, after which they spent a long honeymoon traveling in the United
States and the Caribbean islands. They dreamt of having children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hana Francis
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Fassouta
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Hana Francis, 39, of Fassouta was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Hana Francis was the
headwaiter at Maxim, where he had worked for 10 years. On a recent trip to Australia
he had become engaged to a woman from his Galilee village who had emigrated there
with her parents. He had just received a visa for a return trip to Australia to escort his
bride back to Israel in November. Lifelong friend Elias Sa'ar related that Francis had
set a date for a May wedding. "He treated the customers at Maxim like family," said
Sa'ar. "Customers would come into the restaurant and ask, 'Where's Hana?' If he
wasn't there, they would turn around and leave. "Any young person from the village
who got stuck in Haifa and needed help would always turn to him."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mutanus Karkabi
31
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Haifa
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Mutanus Karkabi, 31, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Mutanus Karkabi was
the security guard at Maxim, where he had worked for the past eight months. He was
known to be devoted to the restaurants's security, checking all who entered and
inspecting the grounds. "These attacks don't differentiate between Jews and Arabs,"
said Karkabi's older brother, Afif. "Matanus was a happy person, full of humor all his
life. He served to protect our country and endangered himself. He paid with his life in
order to protect others, whether they were Arabs or Jews. We are all brothers in this
country." Karkabi married his wife, Samar, two years ago. They did not yet have
children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sharbal Matar
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Fassouta
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Sharbal Matar, 23, of Fassouta was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Sharbal Matar was a
waiter at Maxim, where he had worked since the deaths of his parents from illness
last year in order to help support his three sisters. He was due to fly to the United
States this week to participate in a cousin's wedding.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Osama Najar
Nationality:
Israel
Profile:
Age:
Gender:
28
Male
Religion:
Christian
Haifa
Residence:
Oct 4, 2003 - Osama Najar, 28, of Haifa was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Osama Najar had been
the cook at Maxim for several years. "He loved the place, there had always been love
between Jews and Arabs," said Jamal Khouri, who used to play poker with Najar.
"Nobody believed these attacks would reach us," said Najar's brother, Youssuf.
"We're in shock. The terrorists attack us without discrimination -- Muslims, Jews, or
Christians." Osama Najar was buried in Haifa's Catholic Cemetery.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nir Regev
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Nahariya
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Nir Regev, 25, of Nahariya was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in
Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. A student at the
University of Haifa, Nir Regev was set to complete his degree in statistics and
political science in several weeks, after submitting his finhal paper. He worked in a
local branch of Bank Hapoalim and lived in a rented flat with two friends. Nir was
having lunch at Maxim with a friend, Olga, after they had spent the morning at the
beach. Nir died upon arrival at Rambam Hospital, while Olga suffered moderate
wounds.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Irena Sofrin
38
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Bialik
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Irena Sofrin, 38, of Kiryat Bialik was one of 19 people killed in a
suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant
in Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. Irena, nee
Nudelman, immigrated to Israel from Russia 30 years ago with her family and settled
in Kiryat Yam, where she met her husband, Avnet Sofrin. She worked as a nurse at
Rambam Hospital until she was forced to leave because of back pains. Irena and
Avner had been having lunch at Maxim with their two children, Roy and Diana, when
the blast occurred. Avner, himself wounded, evacuated the two wounded children
through the window before returning to try and save Irena. She died died on arrival at
the hospital.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age:
Bruria Zer-Aviv
Gender:
59
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kibbutz Yagur
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Bruria Zer-Aviv, 59, of Kibbutz Yagur was one of 19 people killed in a
suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant
in Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The Zer-Aviv family
had gone shopping in Haifa and went to Maxim for lunch. Bruria, her son, Bezalel,
daughter-in-law Keren, grandson, Liran, and granddaughter, Noya, were eating when
the blast killed them. Bruria and her husband, Freddy, had moved to Kibbutz Yagur
from Haifa 18 years ago, looking for a pastoral life. Dr. Freddy Zer-Aviv works as an
orthopedist at Bnei Zion Hospital in Haifa. Bruria, who could often be seen with her
grandchildren at the playground, would often organize events on the kibbutz.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Bezalel Zer-Aviv
30
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kibbutz Yagur
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Bezalel Zer-Aviv, 30, of Kibbutz Yagur was one of 19 people killed in
a suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim
restaurant in Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The ZerAviv family had gone shopping in Haifa and went to Maxim for lunch. Bezalel, his
mother, Bruria, wife, Keren, son, Liran, and daughter, Noya, were eating when the
blast killed them. Bezalel Zer-Aviv, who came to Kibbutz Yagur with his parents in
1985, was studying cooking in Tiberias.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Keren Zer-Aviv
29
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kibbutz Yagur
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Keren Zer-Aviv, 29, of Kibbutz Yagur was one of 19 people killed in a
suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant
in Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The Zer-Aviv family
had gone shopping in Haifa and went to Maxim for lunch. Keren, her husband,
Bezalel, son, Liran, daughter, Noya, and mother-in-law, Bruria, were eating when the
blast killed them. Keren, nee Almakais, born in Haifa, came to Kibbutz Yagur after
she married Bezalel Zer-Aviv. She worked as an assistant at the grade school and was
in the kibbutz plant nursery.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age:
Liran Zer-Aviv
Gender:
4
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kibbutz Yagur
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Liran Zer-Aviv, four, of Kibbutz Yagur was one of 19 people killed in a
suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant
in Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The Zer-Aviv family
had gone shopping in Haifa and went to Maxim for lunch. Liran, his mother, Keren,
father, Bezalel, sister, Noya, and grandmother, Bruria, were eating when the blast
killed them. Liran Zer-Aviv was scheduled to celebrate his fourth birthday at the
kibbutz nursery school on Sunday, the day after he was killed. He and his father had
spent Friday decorating the nursery for the event.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Noya Zer-Aviv
1
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kibbutz Yagur
Profile:
Oct 4, 2003 - Noya Zer-Aviv, one, of Kibbutz Yagur was one of 19 people killed in a
suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant
in Haifa. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The Zer-Aviv family
had gone shopping in Haifa and went to Maxim for lunch. Noya, her mother, Keren,
father, Bezalel, brother, Liran, and grandmother, Bruria, were eating when the blast
killed them. A kibbutz member related, "When I saw the baby carriage and the bottle
I knew they were my neighbors. Everyone who knows about life on kibbutz knows
that the baby's name is always written on the bottle."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hanadi Tayseer Jaradat
29
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Sila Alkhartiya
Profile:
Hanadi Tayseer Jaradat, the female suicide bomber who killed 19 people when she
blew herself up in Haifa's Maxim restaurant Saturday afternoon, left her home in the
morning for the Jenin office where she worked as an attorney, relatives told Haaretz.
It is still unclear how the 29-year-old single woman arrived at the site of the attack
from her office. Jaradat was the older sister of Fadi Jaradat, an Islamic Jihad militant
who was killed in June along with his cousin, Salah Jaradat, a senior figure in the
military wing of the "Jerusalem Brigades" organization. In June, Border Police troops
arrived at the Jenin home where the two militants were staying in order to capture
them. Family members said that Hanadi was staying in the house when the IDF unit
opened fire at Fadi and Salah, as they stood in its entrance. Jaradat is the intifada's
sixth female sucide bomber, and the second one to do so for Islamic Jihad. Jaradat is
from the village of Sila Alkhartiya in west Jenin, a village known for its Jihad circles,
who are funded by Iran and close to Hezbollah, and called "Little Tehran." Overnight,
IDF troops demolished Jaradat's home.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
High
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Name:
Age: Gender:
Lydia Zilberstein
58
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Lydia Zilberstein was having lunch with her husband Gideon and her son and
daughter-in-law when the bomb exploded. She was mortally wounded and died on
October 9, never having regained consciousness; Gideon suffered moderate injuries.
Lydia and Gideon ran an accounting office frequented by most of the artists,
musicians and actors in Haifa. The family agreed to donate her organs for transplant.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
George Matar
59
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Haifa
Profile:
George Matar, a Christian Arab from Haifa who was responsible for customer service
at the Maxim restaurant, was standing near the cash register when the bomb
exploded. Mortally wounded, he died on October 15, never having regained
consciousness. His cousin Tony Matar, one of the owners of the restaurant, said, "I
will always remember his smile and his concern for the customers. It was so
important to him that they were satisfied. I'm sure that our regular customers will
remember him for many years."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Sep 8, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 8
Injured: 30
Details:
At least seven people were killed and more than 30 were injured by a suicide
bombing attack at a Jerusalem café.
Further Details
Despite the presence of two security guards, the terrorist managed to get several
meters inside Café Hillel before detonating the explosives on his person. The café,
located in on the main street of the city’s German Colony, is a popular meeting place
for local residents. Witnesses said the terrorist was intercepted near the entrance to
the restaurant by several customers, whose suspicions were aroused. They began
struggling with him, and managed to shove him out of the restaurant. It was then that
he blew up. Police sappers searched cars and trash bins near the scene, in order to
head off any attempt to launch a second attack against responding rescue teams and
medics.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
David Appelbaum
51
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel United States Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Dr. David Appelbaum, 51, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing at Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the German
Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem. His daughter Nava was also killed in the blast.
Dr. Appelbaum, a specialist in emergency medicine, had just returned from New
York where he had delivered an address on managing the medical response to mass
casualty events at a major downtown symposium on emergency preparedness. The
symposium was timed to mark the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
He had arrived home just in time for his daughter Nava's wedding. Father and
daughter went out for coffee together for a heart-to-heart talk the last night before her
wedding. Both were killed in the blast, in which seven were killed and over 50
wounded. Nava's fiance Chanan Sand collapsed in the emergency room of Shaare
Zedek upon hearing the news.
Dr. Appelbaum, born in Detroit, immigrated to Israel in 1981 from Cleveland, Ohio,
where he had received his medical training. He also received rabbinical ordination at
Yeshiva University. He served as a medical director of Magen David Adom in
Jerusalem, as well as working in Shaare Zedek from 1985 to 1988. He left the
hospital to found the Terem Immediate Care Center, which revolutionized emergency
care in Jerusalem by treating relatively minor injuries and ailments in a freestanding
clinic, freeing up hospital emergency rooms to deal with more serious cases. In 1986,
Dr. Applebaum was presented with an award by the Knesset after treating terror
victims at the scene of an attack on King George Street in Jerusalem while still under
fire.
In 2002, Dr. Applebaum was appointed head of Shaare Zedek Medical Center's
Department of Emergency Medicine, and was viewed in Israel's medical community
as one of the country's leaders in the field. He introduced a number of groundbreaking
changes to improve efficiency, and had extensive plans to continue this process
following the completion of the new Weinstock Department of Emergency Medicine,
which is now under construction. He began to staff the department with emergency
medicine specialists, rather than relying on specialists in the various departments of
the hospital. He also introduced the computer tracking of patients, and was insistent
on cutting waiting time to an absolute minimum. When he was out of the hospital, he
continued to monitor the treatment of each patient via a computer connection, even
when he was abroad.
"He was one of the '36 righteous men' of the world," his oldest son Natan said. "His
whole life was dedicated to saving lives." The hospital staff spoke of Appelbaum as
having an outstanding personality, as a man who was intrinsically kind and who had
regard for his team. "Thousands of Jerusalemites owe their lives to him, said hospital
director, Professor Jonathan Halevy. He said that the hospital had suffered a grave
loss, while other doctors spoke of a "great Torah scholar," a "sparkling personality,"
and a "model family man." He also continued to find the time to present lectures on
Jewish law.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nava Appelbaum
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Nava Appelbaum, 20, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing at Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the German
Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem. She was killed along with her father, Dr. David
Appelbaum. Father and daughter went out for coffee together for a heart-to-heart talk
the last night before her wedding. Both were killed in the blast, in which seven were
killed and over 50 wounded. Nava's fiance Chanan Sand collapsed in the emergency
room of Shaare Zedek upon hearing the news.
Nava, a graduate of the Horev girls high school, had just completed her National
Service with Zichron Menahem, a voluntary organization devoted to aiding child
cancer patients. She would spend the entire day with the children, and a few weeks
ago accompanied a group of them on a trip to Holland.
Nava and Chanan had met three years ago in the Ezra youth movement, where both
volunteered to help needy families. They were engaged last year on Purim and
decided to get married after Nava completed her National Service and Chanan the
first year of study at yeshiva. Chanan described her as "his other half, a match made
in heaven." He described their relationship as something special. They never argued,
and complemented one another. Chanan placed the wedding ring he had brought for
the ceremony on the cloth covering her shroud.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
David Shimon Avizadris
51
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Mevaseret Zion
Profile:
David Shimon Avizadris, 51, of Mevaseret Zion was one of seven people killed in a
suicide bombing at Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the
German Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem. David Avizadris usually went to the
Aroma Cafe. He and his wife, Hadas, decided to go to Cafe Hillel after attending a
parent-teachers meeting at their 10-year-old twins' school. They were also celebrating
the news that their older son, who is in the army, had successfully completed the
exams for an officers course. They were about to leave the cafe when David went
inside to say goodbye. He was killed in the bombing; Hadas, who was standing near
him, was unharmed. The Avizadris family, seven siblings and their mother, had
immigrated to Israel from Morocco in 1956.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shafik Kerem
27
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Beit Hanina
Profile:
Shafik Kerem, 27, of Beit Hanina was one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing at Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the German
Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem. Shafik Kerem, the eldest son of a Christian Arab
from Beit Hanina in northeast Jerusalem, had been working as a waiter at Cafe Hillel
for just under a month, and was expecting his first pay check. His father said Shafik
had established a warm relationship with his co-workers, especially Alon Mizrahi, the
security guard, and the two would often go out together after work. Both were killed
in the blast. "We are a peace-loving family," his relatives said. "We want this bad
time to end." Shafik had worked previously in the family's souvenir shop in the Old
City of Jerusalem, but had been forced to seek other work in the wake of the wave of
Palestinian terror which kept tourists away. He also worked for a time as a waiter in
his younger brother's Internet cafe until it closed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Alon Mizrahi
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Alon Mizrahi, 22, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing
at Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the German Colony
neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Alon Mizrahi had been working as a security guard at Cafe Hillel for the past three
months. He was killed trying to prevent the bomber from entering the cafe. His
brother Doron said, "I'm sure he knew he was stopping a terrorist. He saved at least
30 lives. Alon was a hero at heart. He was killed instantly and apparently didn't
suffer."
Alon completed his high school studies at the Mevo'ot Yam school, and served as a
mechanic in the Air Force and completed his service a year ago. His friends related
that he dreamt of opening his own pub or cafe. Alon witnessed the suicide attack at
the Sbarro pizzeria in August 2001. "He immediately ran to help the wounded. That
was Alon."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gila Moshe
40
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Gila Moshe, 40, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing at
Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the German Colony
neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Anxious at the terror alert, Gila Moshe had not allowed her two children to go to the
Malha mall on Tuesday. Instead, she spent the afternoon with them in the Pisgat
Ze'ev neighborhood where they lived. She then phoned a friend whose daughter
serves at the Tzrifin army base to make sure she had not been hurt in the bombing
that afternoon. In the evening, Gila went with a friend to hear a performance by
singer Boaz Sharabi at the Jerusalem Theater. Afterwards the two women went to
Cafe Hillel, which she often frequented. Gila was killed in the blast.
Gila worked as a secretary in an insurance firm. Her sister, Orna Ben-Yishai,
described her as a devoted mother, full of life, who would play with her young
children as if she were their age.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yehiel (Emil) Tubol
52
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yehiel (Emil) Tubol, 52, of Jerusalem one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing at Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the German
Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Yehiel Tubol, whose family had immigrated to Israel from Morocco in 1962 and
settled in Jerusalem, looked after his three daughters single-handedly since his wife
passed away due to illness 12 years ago.
On Tuesday, he went to Cafe Hillel for coffee to relax after a hard day's work. Yehiel
worked as a house renovator and builder.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ramez Simi Izzedin Abu Salim
Nationality:
Religion:
22
Male
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Rantis
Profile:
Ramez Simi Izzedin Abu Salim, 22, of Rantis, carried out the bombing at the Hillel
café in Jerusalem on 8 Sept 03.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Associated Press, Washington Post
Terror Attack - Sep 8, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Zrifin Junction, Israel
Killed: 9
Injured: 20
Details:
Eight people were killed and some thirty wounded when a suicide bomber detonated
explosives at a crowded bus stop in central Israel.
Further Details
The bomber targeted a group of soldiers and civilians waiting for rides near the army
base of Zrifin. Witnesses said the bomber got out of a car with a leather briefcase at
around 17:50, and set off his explosives almost immediately.
Sources:
Israel Radio, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Haim Alfasi
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Senior Warrant Officer Haim Alfasi, 39, of Haifa was one of eight IDF soldiers killed
in a suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance to the
Tzrifin army base. Senior Warrant Officer Haim Alfasi, who would have celebrated
his 40th birthday next week, was born in Kiryat Gat. In 1989 he married his wife,
Orly, and three years ago the family moved to Haifa. Alfasi, an instructor in the
Signal Corps at the Tzrifin army base, would take the train every morning from
Haifa, and then catch a lift to the base. He was killed on his way home.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yaakov Ben-Shabbat
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Paredes Hanna
Profile:
Chief Warrant Officer Yaakov Ben-Shabbat, 39, of Pardes Hanna was one of eight
IDF soldiers killed in a suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a
main entrance to the Tzrifin army base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital. A native of
Pardes Hanna, Ben-Shabbat went to primary school there and graduated from high
school in Kfar Batya. He performed his compulsory and regular military service in
the air force, then seven years ago transferred to the regular army's training base for
communications. Relatives said Ben-Shabbat had left the Tzrifin base earlier than
usual, in order to pick up a birthday cake for his daughter Paz's eighth birthday party.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mazi Grego
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Cpl. Mazi Grego, 19, of Holon was one of eight IDF soldiers killed in a suicide
bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance to the Tzrifin army
base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Mazi Grego completed her studies at the ORT High
School in Holon, majoring in computers. She had recently completed a computer
course in the army and had been given an office and computer of her own to take
advantage of her talents. Just before the bombing, Mazi spoke to her mother Orly by
phone and told her that the bus had been full and didn't stop. "If the bus had stopped
she would still have been alive," her mother said.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yael Kfir
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ashkelon
Profile:
Capt. Yael Kfir, 21, of Ashkelon was one of eight IDF soldiers killed in a suicide
bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance to the Tzrifin army
base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Yael Kfir graduated from the High School for the
Arts in Ashkelon, majoring in theater. Alongside this, her father said, she had a
scientific mind, completing her math matriculation exam for the maximum 5 points
with a grade of 100. She had been offered scholarships at several universities, but
hadn't made up her mind what to study. In the meantime, alongside her IDF service as
an instructor in the Signal Corps at the Tzrifin army base, she was studying math and
history at the Open University. Yael was killed on her way home.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Felix Nikolaichuk
19
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Ukraine Christian
Bat Yam
Profile:
Cpl. Felix Nikolaichuk, 19, of Bat Yam was one of eight IDF soldiers killed in a
suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance to the
Tzrifin army base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Felix Nikolaichuk, who was to have
celebrated his 20th birthday in three weeks, immigrated to Israel with his father and
brother from the Ukraine seven years ago. His father Sergei relates how his son
already then dreamt of serving in the IDF: "He wangted to enlist and serve the
country." Sergei raised his two sons single-handed, as Felix's mother remained in the
Ukraine. The family are not Jewish, and are members of the Provoslav Orthodox
Church.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yonatan (Yoni) Peleg
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Moshav Yanuv
Profile:
Sgt. Yonatan Peleg, 20, of Moshav Yanuv was one of eight IDF soldiers killed in a
suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance to the
Tzrifin army base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Yoni Peleg was born in Israel and at
the age of two moved with his family to France following his parents' divorce. They
returned to Israel when Yoni was 13, and he attended the Ruppin Schol and Sharett
High School in Netanya. Yoni enlisted in the army a year and a half ago, and served
as an instructor on the base. Two weeks ago he was promoted to the position of
coordinator. He and his girlfriend, Efrat Schwartzman, left the army base in Tzrifin
together to buy a birthday gift for Efrat's mother, and were both killed in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Efrat Schwartzman
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Moshav Ganei Yehuda
Profile:
Sgt. Efrat Schwartzman, 19, of Moshav Ganei Yehuda was one of eight IDF soldiers
killed in a suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance
to the Tzrifin army base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Efrat Schwartzman grew up on
Moshav Ganei Yehuda in central Israel. She was very active socially and served as a
scouts counsellor. Efrat took her work as an instructor in the signal corps very
seriously. She met Yoni Peleg a year ago at the base, and they fell in love. Efrat's
parents organized rides for her to and from the army base in Tzrifin. On Tuesday,
wanting to surprise her mother with a birthday gift, she left the base together with
Yoni, for the first time hitching a ride. Yoni was killed instantly; Efrat died early the
following morning.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Prosper Twito
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Upper Nazareth
Profile:
Cpl. Prosper Twito, 20, of Upper Nazareth was one of eight IDF soldiers killed in a
suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance to the
Tzrifin army base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital. Twito graduated from the Yigal Allon
High School, but opted to study communications for two more years at the Megadim
ORT School before going into the army. He was part of the army's special academic
deferrals program, under which he first completed a degree in communications
engineering and then entered the army as a specialist.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ihab Abed Qader Abu Salim
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Rantis
Profile:
Ihab Abed Qader Abu Salim, 19, of Rantis carried out the attack on the bus stop at
Zrifin on 8 Sep 03.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Associated Press
Name:
Age: Gender:
Liron Siboni
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Gan
Profile:
Sgt. Liron Siboni, 19, was killed in a terror attack on the bus stop at Zrifin. She was
on her way home from the Tel Aviv-area Tzrifin army base when a Palestinian
terrorist blew himself up at a crowded bus stop. Eight others were killed in the blast,
including two other female soldiers.
Liron left her hometown of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, three years ago with
her family, and completed her studies at the Amal B High School in Petah Tikva. She
enlisted in the army about a year ago and served as liaison NCO for reserve soldiers
in the Signal Corps at Tzrifin. Liron's family decided to donate her organs for
transplant. Her mother Nava said, "She had a heart of gold, and there was no reason
not to transplant such a heart in someone who needs it."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Terror Attack - Aug 19, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 24
Injured: 102
Details:
Twenty-one people were killed, including five children, in a suicide bombing in
downtown Jerusalem Tuesday night. Thirteen people were seriously wounded, while
another 13 sustained moderate to serious injuries. A total of 102 people were
hospitalized.
Further Details
The explosion ripped through a packed city bus shortly after 21:00, as the bus passed
through the neighborhood of Shmuel HaNavi. The bus, an extended accordion-style
vehicle with two passenger sections, was packed to capacity. The bomb was
apparently set off in the middle of the bus to cause maximum damage. At lease five
children were among the dead, while 40 children were wounded, four critically. The
bus was totally destroyed by the explosion, and a second bus that had pulled up
alongside had its windows blown out.
Sources:
Israel Radio, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post.
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Maria Antonia Reslas
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Philippines
Christian
Philippines
Profile:
Maria Reslas, 39, of the Philippines was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Maria
Antonia Reslas came to Israel from the Philippines to care for an elderly woman after
she was left a widow more than four years ago. She left her son, today 16, behind.
After working as a caregiver for a time, she switched to house cleaning, and would
work in three or four homes in Jerusalem each week. As an illegal foreign worker,
she constantly sought a legal job that would allow her to remain in Israel. She had
gone to the capital's Old City to visit a friend and was traveling to the Shmuel Hanavi
area to work at another job when she was slain.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Fruma Rahel Weitz
73
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Fruma Weitz, 73, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide bomber
on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Fruma Rahel
Weitz was mortally wounded in the bombing attack and died without regaining
consciousness four days later. Weitz was accustomed to pray at the Western Wall
early each morning. On the day of the attack, she changed her routine for some reason
and went later in the day. She was on her way home when the terrorist struck. A
widow for the past 32 years, she raised her eight children by herself.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Unknown Kardi
0
Unknown
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Unborn child of Lilach Kardi, who was killed in the suicide bombing of a No. 2 bus
in Jerusalem on 19 August.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Raed Mask
29
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Hebron
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack on a No. 2 bus in a religious neighborhood
of Jerusalem on 19 August.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tova Lev
37
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bnei Brak
Profile:
Tova Lev, 37, of Bnei-Brak was one of 23 persons murdered by a suicide bomber on
a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood on August 19, 2003.
Tova Lev, critically wounded in the attack, succumbed to her injuries on September
12, never regaining consciousness. The attack took place at about 9 p.m. Tova, the
youngest of four children raised by Yosef and Hannah Lev, was unmarried. A
kindergarten teacher, she would always spend part of her summer vacation in
Jerusalem, and had gone to pray at the Western Wall, as she often did, when she was
mortally wounded in the blast. Friends said that she went to pray for a husband.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Lilach Kardi
22
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Lilach Kardi, 22, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide bomber
on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Lilach Kardi was
eight months pregnant when she was murdered. She was on her way home from the
Western Wall, where she had gone to pray for an easy birth.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post.
Name:
Age: Gender:
Menachem Leibel
24
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Menachem Leibel, 24, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood.
Menachem Leibel was in the habit of praying at the Western Wall every evening, and
was on his way home when murdered. A student at the Mir Yeshiva, he was the
grandson of Rabbi Yona Leibel, one of the leaders of the Braslav Hassidim.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shmuel Zargari
1
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Shmuel Zargari, 11 months, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a
suicide bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood.
Shmuel died in his mother's arms as the family was returning from an excursion to the
Western Wall. Ya'acov and Nava Zargari had taken their children Michael, 13,
Netanel, seven, Esther, six, Avigail, two, and Shmuel with them, leaving their eldest
son, Moshe, 15, at home in the capital's Bukharan quarter. On the bus home, the two
girls sat together ahead of the boys, and the parents sat together with Shmuel. A
moment before the blast, one of the girls gave up her seat to a pregnant woman,
Lilach Kardi. When the terrorist struck, Kardi and Shmuel were killed, while the girls
and their parents were wounded. The boys escaped harm.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yaakov Issachar Dov Binder
50
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yaakov Issachar Dov Binder , 50, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a
suicide bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood.
Yaakov Binder was walking past the bus on his way to the bar mitzva of a friend's
son when the terrorist exploded his bomb, murdering him as well. Yaakov Binder was
head of the Kashrut department of the Jerusalem religious council.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eliezer Weisfish
42
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Rabbi Eliezer Weisfish, 42, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a
suicide bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood.
Eliezer Weisfish belonged to a prominent Braslav hassidic family. Shortly before his
death, he had completed making arrangements to travel to Ukraine for the traditional
Rosh Hashana visit to the tomb of Rabbi Nahman of Braslav. He was returning from
the bar mitzva celebration of the son of a family friend when he was slain.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Goldie Taubenfeld
43
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
United States
Jewish New York
Profile:
Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, of New Square, New York, and her son, Shmuel, three
months, were two of 21 persons murdered by a suicide bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus
in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Goldie Taubenfeld had come to Israel
with her husband, 16-year-old daughter, Batsheva, and infant son, Shmuel, to
participate in a family wedding. On her way back from a visit to the Western Wall
with the two children, Goldie and Shmuel were killed and Batsheva was wounded.
Taubenfeld was the mother of 13 children and came from a prominent hassidic family
in New Square.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shmuel Taubenfeld
1
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
United States
Jewish New York
Profile:
Shmuel Taubenfeld, three months, of New Square, New York, and his mother,
Goldie, 43, were two of 21 persons murdered by a suicide bomber on a No. 2 Egged
bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Shmuel Taubenfeld had come to
Israel with his mother, father, and 16-year-old sister, Batsheva, to participate in a
family wedding. On his way back from a visit to the Western Wall with his mother
and sister, Shmuel and Goldie were killed and Batsheva was wounded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mordechai Reinitz
49
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Mordechai Reinitz, 49, of Netanya was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood.
Mordechai Shalom Reinitz was on the first day of vacation in Jerusalem with his
family and had taken two of his sons, Mendy, 11, and Issachar, nine, to visit the
Western Wall. They were on their way back to their hotel when the terrorist struck.
Mordechai and Issachar were killed outright; Mendy was seriously wounded. Reinitz
was the spiritual leader of the Darkei Avot religious elementary school for boys in
Kiryat Sanz, responsible for some 600 pupils aged three to 14.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Issachar Reinitz
9
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Issachar Reinitz, nine, of Netanya was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Issachar
Dov Reinitz was on the first day of vacation in Jerusalem with his family and had
gone with his father, Mordechai, 49, and brother, Mendy, 11, to visit the Western
Wall. They were on their way back to their hotel when the terrorist struck. Mordechai
and Issachar were killed outright; Mendy was seriously wounded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age:
Liba Schwartz
Nationality:
Gender:
54
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Liba Schwartz, 54, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide bomber
on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. On the night she
was murdered, Schwartz had gone to the Wall to say Psalms in honor of her son,
Yoel, 16, who was beginning his studies at a yeshiva. Schwartz worked as a sewing
teacher and was soon to be awarded a regular teaching certificate.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Binyamin Bergman
15
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Binyamin Bergman, 15, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. The
night before he was murdered, Bergman had celebrated with his classmates the end of
their studies at the Shomrei Hahomot Yeshiva, a middle school, and their promotion
to studies next year at a yeshiva high school.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Miriam Eisenstein
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bnei Brak
Profile:
Miriam Eisenstein, 20, of Bnei Brak was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Miriam
Eisenstein would visit the Western Wall once a week, to pray for herself and for her
family. An honors graduate of the Beit Ya'acov Teachers Seminary, she devoted
herself to the children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hanoch Segal
65
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bnei Brak
Profile:
Hanoch Segal, 65, was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide bomber on a No. 2
Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Hanoch was in Jerusalem
visiting his son when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Chava Nechama Rechnitzer
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bnei Brak
Profile:
Chava Rechnitzer, 19, of Bnei Brak was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Chava
Rechnitzer was engaged to be married and had gone to the Western Wall to pray for a
successful marriage. She was on her way home when she was killed. Chava was a
graduate of the Beit Malka School for Girls and had just completed a year of
additional study.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shmuel Wilner
50
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Shmuel Wilner, 50, was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide bomber on a No. 2
Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Shmuel was a Satmer
Chasid, who ran a shop for plastic goods in Mea Shearim.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avraham Bar Or
12
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Avraham Bar-Or, 12, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Avraham
was returning from a visit to the Western Wall with his parents, Naomi and Yosef,
and seven of his nine siblings when the terrorist struck. His entire family was
wounded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post.
Name:
Age: Gender:
Elisheva Meshulami
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bnei Brak
Profile:
Elisheva Meshulami, 16, of Bnei Brak was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Elisheva
and her mother, Sima, 55, had come to Jerusalem to pray at the Western Wall and
were on their way home when the terrorist struck. Her mother was seriously
wounded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post.
Name:
Age: Gender:
Feiga (Zippora) Dushinsky
50
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Feiga Dushinski, 50, of Jerusalem was one of 21 persons murdered by a suicide
bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Feiga
Dushinski was in the habit of praying every evening at the Western Wall. She was
riding the bus home when the terrorist struck.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz.
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tehila Nathanson
3
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tehilla Nathanson, three, of Zichron Ya'acov was one of 21 persons murdered by a
suicide bomber on a No. 2 Egged bus in the capital's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood.
The Nathanson family had begun their visit to Jerusalem with prayers at the Western
Wall and were on their way to a grandparent's home when the terrorist struck. Mother
Chana, 27, father Matanya, 27, daughters Yehudit, six, and Shoshana, six months,
were all wounded in the blast that killed Tehilla.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Aug 12, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
Ariel, West Bank
Killed: 2
Injured: 4
Details:
A Palestinian bomber set off explosives at a bus stop outside the West Bank
community of Ariel, killing himself and an 18 year-old Israeli. A second Israeli died
nearly three weeks later of injuries sustained in the bombing.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Amatsia Nissanevitch
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Nofim
Profile:
Amatsia Nissanevitch, 22, who came from the Nofim settlement, was the second
person to have died from the attack near Ariel.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Erez Hershkovitz
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Elon Moreh
Profile:
Erez Hershkovitz from Elon Moreh was killed when a Palestian bomber set off
explosives at a bus stop outside Ariel on 12 Aug 03. Hershkovitz was a member of
the IDF academic reserves and had just completed basic training two days before. He
was about to resume technological studies.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Islam Yousef Qteishat
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Hamas identified the bomber as Islam Yousef Qteishat, and said he was 21. However,
his family later said he was 17.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Aug 12, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Shopping Center
Rosh HaAyin, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 9
Details:
A Palestinian bomber set off explosives in a supermarket in Rosh HaAyin, killing
himself and an Israeli man.
Sources:
Israel Radio, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yehezkel Yakutieli
423
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rosh HaAyin
Profile:
Yehezkel Yekutieli, 43, of Rosh Ha'ayin, was murdered at his local supermarket
when a teenaged Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself. Nine others were
wounded in the attack, which was claimed by Fatah's al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
ConfidenceLevel:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Khamis Ghazi Gerwan
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Khamis Ghazi Gerwan, 17, was identified as the bomber who perpetrated the attack
in Rosh HaAyin on 12 August.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Jul 7, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Kfar Yavetz, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 0
Details:
An elderly Israeli woman was killed when a suicide bomber entered her home in a
farm community in central Israel.
Further Details
The bomber entered a home in Kfar Yavetz, a moshav located in the Sharon area in
central Israel, close to the seam line border with the West Bank. As a result of the
explosion, the ceiling collapsed and 65 year-old Mazal Afari was killed. Three of her
grandchildren who were in the house were lightly wounded. The remains of the
bomber were also found in the wreckage of the house.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mazal Afari
65
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kfar Yavetz
Profile:
Mazal Afari, 65, of Moshav Kfar Yavetz was killed in her home in a terrorist suicide
bombing.Mazal, nee Yitzhari, was born in a village near San'a, in Yemen, and lost
both her parents at an early age, in the late 1940s. Mazal, then two years old, and her
older brothers, Yehiel and Shlomo, fled from the village, where orphaned Jewish
children were often kidnapped and converted to Islam. They arrived in San'a and
continued to Aden, where they were taken into a camp set up by the Jewish Agency.
After the establishment of the State of Israel, the three immigrated and were sent to
different boarding schools. After they were married, Mazal and her brother Yehiel
joined a group of Yemenite Jews who established Kfar Yavetz. Shlomo settled in
Kfar Sava. Mazal devoted her life to raising her eight children. Neighbors related that
she was the most dominant woman on the moshav.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Terror Attack - Jun 19, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Sde Trumot, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew up in a grocery store in northern Israel, killing
himself and one other person.
Further Details
Police say an Israeli grocer sacrificed himself and saved many lives by tackling a
Palestinian suicide bomber who entered his store. Avner Mordechai, 63, was killed
along with the bomber in his small shop in the Israeli village of Sde Trumot. A police
spokeswoman said the suicide bomber had probably been planning to target a bus or
passengers at a nearby bus stop, but probably went into Mordechai's shop to wait for
a bus to arrive, or for the stop to become busier. Officer Yaron Zamir said Mordechai
realised the man was carrying a bag packed with explosives and confronted him, but
the bombs detonated, killing both of them. She added: "We have no doubt that the
store owner paid with his life to save others."
Sources:
Associated Press, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avner Mordechai
58
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Sde Trumot
Profile:
Avner Mordechai, 58, of Moshav Sde Trumot, was killed when a suicide bomber
blew up in his grocery on Sde Trumot, south of Beit Shean. A distant relative of
Maj.Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Mordechai, Avner Mordechai immigrated to Israel from
Kurdistan in the early 1950s and was married to Shifra for 40 years. For many years,
he was responsible for the dairy at Sde Trumot, and 20 years ago took over the
grocery. His son Dror took over the store when Avner suffered a heart attack several
years ago, but Avner continued to come in the morning to take in the bread, and
would then return home. Shifra described her husband as a good father and loving
grandfather. He was a quiet person, and was chairman of a local branch of the Likud
party.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ahmad Abahara
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Yanoum
Profile:
Ahmad Abahara, 20, from Ya`amun village, was identified by Islamic Jihad sources
as the suicide bomber who detonated explosives in a grocery store in Sde Trumot,
killing himself and one Israeli.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
Terror Attack - Jun 11, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 17
Injured: 50
Details:
A blast on a commuter bus in downtown Jerusalem killed at least fifteen passengers
and injured more than 50 Wednesday afternoon. The blast occurred at about 17:30-the height of afternoon rush hour traffic--as the bus neared the intersection of Jaffa
Street and King George Blvd., the city's two main thoroughfares.
Further Details
A preliminary investigation revealed that the bomber had boarded the bus at a stop a
few meters from the site of the attack. He was dressed as an Haredi Jew. As the bus
pulled off, the bomber, who was standing in the front of the vehicle, detonated his
explosive belt. The bus careened forward and came to a halt outside the tall Clal
building on Jaffa Road. The bomber was identified as a resident of Hebron. Police are
investigating whether he came to the city a few days before. He is believed to have
been sent on his mission by a senior Hamas activist, Abdullah Kawasme, who is on
Israel's wanted list. The bomber was identified as Abdel Madi Shabneh, 18, of
Hebron
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israel Radio, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tamar Ben-Eliahu
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Moshav Paran
Profile:
Sgt. Tamar Ben-Eliahu, 20, of Moshav Paran was one of 16 people killed in a suicide
bombing on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Tamar Ben-Eliahu
grew up with her three brothers and sisters in Moshav Paran in the Arava, in southern
Israel. She was a counselor in the youth movement of the Moshav movement and
completed a year of community service under the auspices of the movement after
high school. She was then recruited into the IDF and served in Jerusalem as an
education NCO. As such, she served as a guide to groups of soldiers visiting the
Western Wall and the Old City of Jerusalem. Mortally wounded in the attack, she
died in hospital. She was very active in the Shitim regional high school and helped
arrange various ceremonies. Friends told how, on the long bus ride from Paran to
Jerusalem, Tamar would often fall asleep. When she awoke, she would find love
notes from passengers who said that she looked like an angel.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Alan (Avraham Haim) Beer
47
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel United States Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Alan Beer, 47, of Jerusalem was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing on bus
No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Alan Beer graduated the Hebrew
Academy of Cleveland Mesifta Class in 1974. A film buff and computer programmer,
he immigrated to Israel five years ago, settling in Jerusalem. Single, with a masters
degree in physical chemistry, he came to Israel after losing his job in a hi-tech
company. Even when he had trouble finding work, a problem faced by many fellow
English-speaking immigrants in Israel, Alan always managed to keep his spirits up
and did not think of leaving. Alan had gone to Hadera on a condolence visit to a
friend who had lost his father and was returning home from the Central Bus Station
when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eugenia Berman
50
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Eugenia Berman, 50, of Jerusalem was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing
on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Eugenia Berman (nee
Kanelbaum) was born in Lvov, Poland, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 7. After
army service, she studied art history at Hebrew University, where she met her
husband, Jay, whom she married 28 years ago. Genia taught English, art, art history
and Hebrew in an ulpan. Several months ago she received her MA from the Derby
University Israel program.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Elsa Cohen
70
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Elsa Cohen, 70, of Jerusalem was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing on bus
No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Elsa Cohen was born in Germany
and immigrated to Israel at the age of six. The widow of the late chief rabbi of Kiryat
Bialik, Rabbi Hananya Cohen, she moved to Jerusalem after he passed away. She was
on her way to a Bible class when she was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zvi Cohen
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Zvi Cohen, 39, from the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood of Jerusalem, was one of 16
people killed in a suicide bombing on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of
Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Roi Eliraz
Nationality:
Age:
Gender:
22
Male
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Mevaseret Zion
Profile:
Roi Eliraz, 22, of Mevaseret Zion was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing
on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Roi Eliraz was born in Eilat
where his father, Meir, was stationed during his army service, but spent most of his
life in Mevaseret Zion, outside Jerusalem. He graduated from the local Harel High
School and served in the air force. Roi was planning to study electrical engineering
and refrigeration, and in the meantime was working as a security guard. He was on
his way to work at the Mifgash Hasheikh restaurant in Talpiot when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Alexander Kazaris
77
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Alexander Kazaris, 77, of Jerusalem was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing
on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Alexander Kazaris
immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in 1996. He was a World War II veteran and was a
doctor by profession. His son was killed in an accident shortly before Alexander
came to Israel. His daughter-in-law and two grandchildren reside in the United States.
Alexander, who was legally blind, lived along with other immigrants at the Diplomat
Hotel in Jerusalem, where he enjoyed social activities. He was returning from
shopping in the Mahane Yehuda market when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Bertine Tita
75
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Bertine Tita, 75, of Jerusalem was one of 17 people killed in a suicide bombing on
bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Bertine Tita, born in Baghdad,
Iraq, immigrated to Israel in 1951 and married her husband, Ephraim. They lived in
the United States for 15 years and returned to Israel in the 1990s. After retiring from
the fashion business, she devoted her time to helping those in need. She was killed
while on her way to help a needy family. Bertine's daughter Shoshana is a journalist
living in the United States. She was married in Israel on Monday - just two days
before the suicide attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age:
Yaffa Mualem
Nationality:
Israel
Jewish
Gender:
65
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jerusalem
Profile:
Yaffa Mualem, 65, of Jerusalem was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing on
bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Yaffa Mualem was killed on
her way home from shopping at the Mahane Yehuda market. Yaffa's husband of 42
years, Ya'acov, described his wife as a devoted wife and grandmother. She was very
sensitive to events, and would sit and cry after every terrorist attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yaniv Obayed
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Herzliya
Profile:
Yaniv Obayed, 22, of Herzliya was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing on
bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Yaniv Obayed was born and
raised in Herzliya. He completed his high school studies at the Beit Hinuch boarding
school in Jerusalem. Yaniv and Bat-El Ohana were planning to be married. They
were seated together on the bus, on the way to a job interview for Yaniv as a security
guard. Both were killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Bat-El Ohana
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Ata
Profile:
Bat-El Ohana, 21, of Kiryat Ata was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing on
bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Bat-El Ohana was born in
Haifa. As an albino, she suffered severe vision problems. After completing her
studies at the Neurim school in Kiryat Bialik in a regular class, she transferred to the
School for the Blind in Jerusalem. Returning to Kiryat Ata, she graduated from the
Rogozin High School. Her last year she spent at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
in a special preparatory course for the visually impaired. Bat-El and Yaniv Obayed
were planning to be married. They were seated together on the bus, on the way to a
job interview for Yaniv. Both were killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zippora Pesahovitch
54
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tzur Hadassah
Profile:
Zippora Pesahovitch, 54 from Tzur Hadassah, was one of 16 people killed in a
suicide bombing on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Zippora
Pesahovitch was responsible for publications at the Ministry of Education. She was
killed on the bus, on the way to meet her husband, so that both could drive home to
Zur Hadassah together. They were looking forward soon to the birth of their first
grandchild.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Malka Renee Sultan
67
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish
Profile:
Malka Renee Sultan, 67, from Jerusalem, was one of 16 people killed in a suicide
bombing on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Malka immigrated
to Israel with her husband Shalom 20 years ago from France, where she was a
teacher. In recent years she volunteered at a soup kitchen in the Old City of
Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Anna Orgal
55
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Anna Orgal, was one of 16 people killed in a suicide bombing on bus No. 14A on
Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Anna Orgal devoted her entire life to art and
culture. She lived for many years in London, where she worked in the BBC
translation department. About nine years ago she began work at Mishkenot
Sha'ananim in Jerusalem, where she was responsible for special cultural projects, and
for the past year and a half also worked in the Bible Museum. Gabi Hadar, deputy
director general of Mishkenot Sha'ananim, said, "She was a woman with amazing
knowledge. She was endowed with an exceptional talent for writing and had
translated many books."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Bianca Rivkah Shahrur
62
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Bianca Rivkah Shahrur, 62, of Jerusalem was one of 17 people killed in a suicide
bombing on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Bianca Shahrur
was born in Italy and immigrated to Israel in 1969. Here she married Emmanuel, who
was killed 18 years ago. She had retired after many years at the Ministry of the
Interior. Her family described her as a happy and warmhearted person who was
devoted to her grandchildren and to her neighbor's children, who called her
grandmother. Bianca was closely involved in the Italian community in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
ConfidenceLevel:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Miriam Levy
74
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Miriam Levy, 74, of Jerusalem was one of 17 people killed in a suicide bombing on
bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem on June 11. She died of her
wounds the following day. Miriam Levy's greatest love was art, and her drawings
decorated every room in her home in Beit Hakerem, which also served as her studio.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
ConfidenceLevel:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Abdel Madi Shabneh
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Hebron
Profile:
The bomber was identified as Abdel Madi Shabneh, 18, of Hebron. Police are
investigating whether he came to the city a few days before. He is believed to have
been sent on his mission by a senior Hamas activist, Abdullah Kawasme, who is on
Israel's wanted list.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Haile Abraha Hawki
56
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Christian
Eritrea
Profile:
Haile Abraha Hawki, 56, from Eritrea, was one of 17 people killed in a suicide
bombing on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem on June 11. His
body was identified on 25 June.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Terror Attack - May 19, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Shopping Center
Afula, Israel
Killed: 3
Injured: 47
Details:
Three people were killed and some 70 injured in an attack at Afula’s Amakim mall.
Among the dead was a security guard at the entrance to the mall. A second security
guard was one of the most seriously wounded.
Further Details
The bomber did not manage to get into the mall, due to the presence of security
guards at the entrance. Witnesses said that a nicely-dressed young woman approached
the guard who scanned her with a hand-held metal detector. The detector beebed, and
the guard called to the second guard, apparently to ask for her help in checking the
woman's bag. It was at that point that the bomber detonated her explosives. The
explosion destroyed the entrance to the mall, and most of the casualties were people
waiting in line to have their backs checked. The male guard was killed instantly,
while the woman guard sustained life-threatening injuries. A Police sources said that
the device was composed of up to five kilograms of high-quality explosive and was
not packed with nails or other metal objects as in most such attacks.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz, Israelinsider
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Kiril Shramko
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat David
Profile:
Kiril Shramko, 22, of Afula was one of three people killed in a suicide bombing at the
entrance to the Amakim Mall in Afula. It was the first day at work for Kiril Shramko
as a security guard at the mall. He was on duty at the doorway when his metal
detector began beeping as the bomber, a young women, reached the entrance. He
called to his partner, Hadar Gitlin, apparently to ask for her help, when the bomb
went off. Kiril was killed; Hadar was seriously wounded - one of 70 wounded in the
blast. By preventing the suicide bomber from entering the mall, filled with about
2,500 people, the guards saved countless lives. Kiril Shramko, who immigrated to
Israel from Russia by himself three years ago, recently completed his service in the
IDF Armored Corps and applied for a job as a security guard. After being instructed
in procedures, he was posted at the entrance. Shortly afterwards he was killed. Kiril
lived on Kibbutz Ramat David along with other immigrant soldiers without families
in Israel. He had just rented an apartment in Afula together with a friend. His only
relative in Israel is his father's brother, who lives in Afula. The uncle related that
Kiril's family had planned to immigrate to Israel in September.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hassan Ismail Tawatha
41
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Muslim Jisr a-Zarqa
Profile:
Hassan Ismail Tawatha, 41, of Jisr a-Zarqa was one of three people killed in a suicide
bombing at the entrance to the Amakim Mall in Afula. Hassan Tawatha was a devout
Muslim from the Israeli Arab village of Jisr a-Zarqa, located south of Kibbutz
Ma'agan Michael on the Mediterranean coast. He had worked for 15 years fixing
lawn mowers at a workshop in Hadera. He dreamt of opening an electronics shop on
land he had bought in his home village, and in preparation had been attending classes
in electronics for the past six months, every Monday and Thursday, at the regional
college located in the shopping mall. He was mortally wounded at the entrance to the
mall and died after being rushed to the hospital. Tawatha had previously served as
coach of the village's football team and was well-known and liked in Jisr a-Zarqa. He
was viewed as someone who wanted to improve himself through education in order to
better support his family.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avi Zerihan
36
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Beit Shean
Profile:
Avi Zerihan, 36, of Beit Shean was one of three people killed in a suicide bombing at
the entrance to the Amakim Mall in Afula. Avi had apparently been waiting on line
for the security check to enter the mall and ran to assist the guards when they stopped
the bomber. Avi Zerihan had recently completed professional training as a
refrigeration and air conditioning technician. He was also taking courses in
investment in Haifa. Born in Beit Shean, he returned to his home town last year, after
10 years in Eilat where he worked as a construction and industrial electrician, to be
near his mother. He was planning a fresh start in Tel Aviv, and was looking for work
and an apartment to rent.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Heba Daraghmeh
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Tubas
Profile:
Heba Daraghmeh, 19, from the West Bank village of Tubas.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
Associated Press, Reuters
Guerilla Attack - May 19, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Gaza, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 3
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber riding on a bicycle detonated explosives next to an IDF
jeep on patrol in Gaza, injuring three soldiers. The bomber was the only fatality.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shadi Al-Nabahin
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Gaza
Profile:
Shadi Al-Nabahin, 21, was the suicide bomber who injured three Israeli soldiers in
the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom. The bomber was the only fatality.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
Associated Press, Reuters
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - May 18, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 7
Injured: 20
Details:
At least seven people were killed and 20 wounded, when a suicide bomber blew up a
bus in northern Jerusalem early Sunday morning. A second suicide bomber blew
himself up half an hour later, at the entrance to the Dahit al-Barid neighborhood in
north Jerusalem. The bomber was the only casualty in that attack.
Further Details
Security sources said the bomber was disguised as a religious Jew and was wearing a
prayer shawl and a yarmulke, creating the impression that he was on his way home
from morning prayers. He boarded the bus near Pisgat Ze'ev at shortly before 6:00 in
the morning.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Israel Insider
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Olga Brenner
52
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Olga Brenner, 52, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing
on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Olga Brenner, who immigrated to
Israel with her husband Gregory from Moldova six years ago, was a resident of the
Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. Their daughter Svetlana and her
husband Andre joined them three years ago. Olga was on her way to work together
with her daughter as cleaning women when she was killed. Svetlana was seriously
injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yitzhak Moyal
64
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Morocco
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yitzhak Moyal, 64, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing
on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Yitzhak Moyal, a resident of the
Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, was on his way to work at the
central post office in downtown Jerusalem when he was killed. Moyal immigrated to
Israel from Morocco in 1960, together with his nine brothers and sisters. He was
described by family members as a dedicated worker who never once missed a shift.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nelly Perov
55
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Nelly Perov, 55, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing on
Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Nelly Perov, a resident of the Pisgat
Ze'ev neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, was on her way to work when she was
killed. Nelly immigrated to Israel exactly three years ago from Kazakhstan. On
Saturday night she celebrated the occasion with her daughter Lana, with a bottle of
champagne. Her 35-year-old son, Andre, came to Israel before them and lives in
Rishon Lezion with his family.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ghalab Tawil
42
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Israel Muslim Shuafat
Profile:
Ghalab Tawil, 42, of Shuafat was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing on
Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Ghalab Tawil was on his way to work
as a cleaning man at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Karem when he was killed. He left his
home at the far end of the Shuafat refugee camp every morning at 5 A.M. to make the
first bus to the hospital. A construction worker by trade, he began to work at the
hospital about a year ago in order to be close to his 13-year-old daughter Iman, who
was being treated for leukemia, and was hospitalized for five months. He often did
not come home but remained to sleep near her. Married to two wives the the father of
four sons and five daughters, Tawil was a quiet man who worked to support his
family and took no interest in politics. One of his wives said angrily, "Anyone who
explodes himself near innocent civilians is a murderer and a criminal."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Marina Tsahivershvili
44
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Marina Tsahivershvili, 44, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Marina Tsahivershvili,
who immigrated to Israel from Georgia seven years ago, was a resident of the Pisgat
Ze'ev neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. She was killed on her way to work in the
kitchen at Shaare Zedek Hospital where she prepared breakfast for the children and
the hospital's clinics for the past three and a half years. Her boss described her as a
kind woman who was always willing to volunteer, being among the first to offer her
help following previous terror attacks in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shimon Ustinsky
68
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Shimon Ustinsky, 68, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Shimon Ustinsky, a
resident of the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, was on his way to
work as a parking garage attendant in the Old City of Jerusalem when he was killed.
Ustinsky immigrated to Israel from Kiev in the Ukraine in 1991. Although he held a
degree in economics and had been a lecturer in Kiev, he did not mind engaging in
manual labor in Israel. He was happy and enjoyed traveling throughout the country.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Roni Yisraeli
34
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Roni Yisraeli, 34, of Jerusalem was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing
on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Roni Yisraeli was on his way to
work as deputy manager of the Har Nof Supersol supermarket when he was killed.
The family had moved from Ma'ale Adumim to their new apartment in East Pisgat
Ze'ev just a few months ago. His wife Siggi used the family car to go to work as a
secretary in the Jerusalem College of Management and Roni took the bus.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Bassem al-Takrouri
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Hebron
Profile:
Bassem al-Takrouri from Hebron killed seven people on a Jerusalem bus on 18 May
03.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Associated Press
Terror Attack - May 18, 2003 [ADDED]
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mukhtar Abdul Fattah
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Hebron
Profile:
Mukhtar Abdul Fattah detonated his explosives belt soon after the bus bombing at a
nearby roadblock but killed only himself .
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Associated Press
Terror Attack - May 17, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Hebron, West Bank
Killed: 2
Injured: 0
Details:
A husband and his pregnant wife from Kiryat Arba were killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself up alongside homes belonging to Jewish settlers in Hebron.
Further Details
Military sources said the bomber was disguised as a religious student and was
wearing a white shirt, the customary attire for religious Jews on the Sabbath.
According to the sources, the man, identified as Hamas activist Fuad Qawasmeh, 21,
approached a military post in Gross Square, close to the settler neighborhood,
arousing the suspicion of troops stationed there. When the soldiers called on the man
to stop, he fled and blew himself up next to two settlers standing nearby. The victims
were identified as Gidi and Dina Levy, aged 31 and 37 respectively.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gadi Levy
31
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hebron
Profile:
Gadi and Dina Levy were walking near Gross Square in Hebron at about 19:20 on
Saturday evening when a suicide bomber wearing a white shirt like that of a yeshiva
student came from the direction of the Abu Sneineh neighborhood. Nahal Brigade
soldiers at a nearby position who were alerted by his behavior called out to him to
stop. The bomber ignored their calls and detonated the bomb near the first people he
encountered - the Levys. Gadi and Dina Levy were married about 18 months ago and
settled in Kiryat Arba. Gadi, who previously lived in Tel Aviv, was working at the
Kiryat Arba supermarket. This was Gadi's third marriage and Dina's second.
Although Dina had two children from her previous marriage, they dreamt of having a
child together.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dina Levy
37
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Arba
Profile:
Gadi and Dina Levy were walking near Gross Square in Hebron at about 19:20 on
Saturday evening when a suicide bomber wearing a white shirt like that of a yeshiva
student came from the direction of the Abu Sneineh neighborhood. Nahal Brigade
soldiers at a nearby position who were alerted by his behavior called out to him to
stop. The bomber ignored their calls and detonated the bomb near the first people he
encountered - the Levys. Gadi died at the scene. Dina died shortly after arriving at
Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem. Gadi and Dina Levy were married about 18 months
ago and settled in Kiryat Arba. This was Gadi's third marriage and Dina's second.
Although Dina had two children from her previous marriage, they dreamt of having a
child together.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Fuad Qawasmeh
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Hebron
Profile:
Hamas activist Fuad Qawasmeh, 21, approached a military post in Gross Square,
close to the settler neighborhood, arousing the suspicion of troops stationed there.
When the soldiers called on the man to stop, he fled and blew himself up next to two
settlers standing nearby.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Guerilla Attack - May 8, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Suicide Bomb
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Kfar Darom, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
An armed Palestinian in a booby-trapped car was killed in the Gaza Strip on
Thursday evening while attempting to blow up an IDF tank, after at least one
Palestinian opened fire at a group of soldiers. No troops were wounded in either
incident.
Further Details
Shortly before 7:30 P.M., a terrorist armed with a rifle approached a Givati foot patrol
near the northern outskirts of Kfar Darom and opened fire, army sources reported.
The soldiers returned fire and alerted a nearby tank. As soon as the tank arrived, a car
driven by another terrorist suddenly came toward it. The car exploded about 10
meters from the tank, but no soldiers were injured. The explosion killed the driver.
The original gunman escaped on foot and the IDF conducted searches for him in Dir
El-Balah.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Unknown Unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Unknown
Profile:
Suicide bomber killed attempting to blow up an Israeli tank north of Kfar Darom. The
bomber was the only casualty.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Apr 30, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Tel Aviv, Israel
Killed: 3
Injured: 60
Details:
At least three people were killed and 35 wounded when a suicide bomber blew
himself up at a beachfront pub in Tel Aviv. A security guard who prevented the
bomber from entering the crowded restaurant was critically injured.
Further Details
Security guard prevents attacker from entering the building The bomber attempted to
enter "Mike's Place," a popular blues bar near the U.S. embassy at around 1:00 in the
morning. The pub, featuring live music, is a popular nightspot, and was crowded at
the time. A security guard at the entrance grappled with the bomber and managed to
wrestle him to the ground, at which point, he set of his explosives. The security guard
is currently fighting for his life in hospital. Several others were seriously injured in
the blast, which blew the front off the bar and wrecked furniture inside. The owner of
the bar, Gal Ganzman, his shirt covered with blood, said he was standing behind the
bar when he heard the explosion. "I'm alive, I'm fine," he said. "One of the waitresses
lost an arm but she's still alive. The boom was just outside the entrance. The security
guard must have stopped him." Tel Aviv police commander Yossi Sedbon said that
the bomber was carrying a medium-size bomb packed with nails and other shrapnel.
He said that there was no doubt that the quick actions of the guard prevented many
casualties. The bombing was claimed as a joint operation by Hamas and the Fatah alAqsa Martyrs Brigades. A man calling himself Abu Barek told AFP by telephone:
"This attack was carried out by a martyr from Tul Karm to avenge Mazen Erapeh, an
Al Aqsa member recently killed in Nablus [by the Israeli army], and was jointly
planned by the Al Aqsa and Al Qassam Brigades," he said. Tuesday's attack came
only hours after the Palestinian parliament voted to approve the new cabinet
presented by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). In his inaugural address,
Abu Mazen called for an end to terrorism, which he said had not served the
Palestinian cause. Hinting at a possible crackdown on armed groups, Abu Mazen told
the Palestinian parliament, "the unauthorized possession of weapons ... is a major
concern that will be relentlessly addressed." However, the Islamist groups, which
have vowed to destroy Israel, warned that any attempt to crackdown on them would
"set fire to the Palestinian street." A spokesman for the Fatah-linked militia, the Al
Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, told The Associated Press the attack was a message to Abbas
that "nobody can disarm the resistance movements without a political solution."
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israel Radio, Associated Press
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yanai Weiss
46
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Yanai Weiss, 46, from Holon was killed in "Mike's Place" when a suicide bomber
blew himself up in the front of the pub. Weiss was a musician who had been playing
at the pub on Tuesday night.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ran Baron
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Ran Baron, 23, from Tel Aviv, was killed in "Mike's Place" when a suicide bomber
blew himself up in the front of the pub. Baron was a talented musician that came to
jam with his friends at Mike's Place Tuesday night.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Asif Mohammed Hanif
21
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
United Kingdom
Muslim unknown
Profile:
Asif Mohammed Hanif, 21, a British citizen, was the suicide bomber, who blew
himself up at "Mike's Place" killing three people and injuring more that sixty.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Apr 24, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Train/Railway Kfar Sava, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 14
Details:
A Palestinian bomber was prevented from detonating his explosives on a crowded
railway platform in central Israel by the quick action of the station's security guards.
A security guard was killed and 14 people injured.
Further Details
The bomber attempted to enter the Kfar Saba train station during morning rush hour
Thursday. Witnessess said that the newly-opened station was filled with some 200
commuters on their way to work after the end of the Passover festival. The bomber
had apparently intended to time the blast to coincide with the departure of the TelAviv bound train and the arrival of another train at the station. However, a security
guard at the entrance stopped him and asked to see his identification, and the bomber
set off his explosives just outside the entrance. The guard who stopped the attacker
was killed, and a second guard was badly injured. At least 13 other people were
lightly to moderately wounded by flying nails and shrapnel. Sharon Region police
commander Amichai Shai said that there was no doubt that a major attack had been
narrowly averted. "If he had managed to get inside the station, we would have seen
many more casualties," Shai said. "This is a true hero who prevented a huge disaster."
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israel Radio, Associated Press, Israelinsider
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Alexander Kostyuk
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Alexander Kostyuk, 23, a security guard at the Kfar Sava train station, was killed
yesterday in a suicide bombing he tried to avert when he stopped the bomber at the
entrance to the station during the morning rush hour. Kostyuk was suspicious of the
terrorist, said deputy commander Amihai Shai, chief of the district Sharon police, and
asked him to present an ID card. The bomber appeared to hunt for the card and then
put his hand inside the coat and blew up. Alexander Kostyuk immigrated to Israel
from the Ukraine in 1997 by himself in order to serve in the IDF. He wanted only
combat duty, and served in the Border Guard, mainly in Hebron and Bethlehem. His
parents, Pavel and Tatiana, followed him to Israel a year later, together with his
younger brother Sergei.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ahmed Khaled Khatib
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Balata
Profile:
Ahmed Khaled Khatib, 18, of Balata, carried out the suicide bombing at the Kfar
Sava train station on 24 April 03. A security guard prevented Khatib from entering
the station, and he detonated his explosives at the entrance, killing the security guard
and wounding 14 other people.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Mar 30, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Restaurant
Netanya, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 58
Details:
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a cafe in the Israeli coastal town
of Netanya, wounding 58 people. Three people were seriously injured, but the
bomber was the only fatality.
Further Details
Witnesses said that the bomber attempted to enter the London Cafe on Netanya's
pedestrian mall at around 13:00 Sunday afternoon. According to Israel Radio, a
soldier blocked the entrance to the cafe when the bomber approach, thus preventing
many casualties. A police source said that the bombing resulted in relatively few
casualties, despite the fact that the pedestrian mall was crowded, due to the fact that
the explosive device used was a fairly small one. The bomb, weighing between two
and three kilograms was apparently concealed in a backpack carried by the bomber.
Sources:
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rami Muhammad al-Jameel Ranam
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Dir el-Rasoun
Profile:
Rami Muhammad al-Jameel Ranam, 19, of Dir el-Rasoun near the West Bank city of
TulKarm, was the suicide bomber who carried out the attack in Netanya on 30 March
03. He was the only fatality
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gil Cooperman
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Gil Cooperman, the IDF soldier who prevented a suicide bomber from gaining access
to a crowded cafe in Netanya on 30 March, remains in serious condition at Laniado
Hospital. Cooperman, 21, was one of a group of soldiers eating lunch outside the
London Cafe when suicide bomber Rami Muhammad al-Jameel Ranam approached
the cafe. Suspicious of his behavior, Cooperman spoke to Ranam and, realizing that
he was wearing an explosive belt, threw himself at the terrorist, sustaining severe
injuries.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Mar 5, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Haifa, Israel
Killed: 17
Injured: 40
Details:
A powerful blast ripped apart a city bus in the northern Israeli city of Haifa
Wednesday afternoon, killing at least fifteen passengers and injuring more than 40.
Further Details
The blast, which occurred at roughly 14:20 in the afternoon, as the bus passed the
city's the Carmel Center, was apparently detonated by a suicide bomber inside the
bus. The bus was left a charred wreck, and witnesses said that bodies and body parts
were scattered across the road. The bus travels a winding route through the city,
serving several schools and Haifa University, as well as residential areas on the
Carmel ridge. Officials said that the bus would have been packed with university
students at the time of the blast. Most of the dead were soldiers returning home and
teenagers who use the bus to get to and from school. The bombing was timed to
coincide with the hour that schools get out.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Be'eri Oved
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rosh Pina
Profile:
Be'eri Oved, 21, from Rosh Pina, was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Be'eri Oved, the youngest in his family, grew
up in Rosh Pina in the Upper Galilee and completed his high school studies in nearby
Hatzor. An artillery instructor, he was to have completed his army service in another
five months. He was on a week's leave from the army and was on his way to visit his
grandfather and grandmother at a senior citizens' home in Haifa when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Smadar Firstatter
17
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Smadar Firstatter, 17, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Smadar Firstater, an 11th grade student
majoring in art at the WIZO High School, planned to continue her studies and
become an artist. She was standing at the back door of the bus, about to get off, when
she was killed. Her parents heard the blast from their home nearby.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Tal Kerman
Nationality:
Israel
Profile:
Age:
Gender:
17
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jewish Haifa
Tal Kirman, 17, from Haifa, was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber blew
up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. A senior at Haifa's Municipal "Hei" High School,
Kerman had recently been involved in planning her class's graduation celebrations.
Kerman wrote for the school paper and was about to be named editor. She
participated in her school's delegation to a conference in Boston.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Abigail Leitel
14
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
United States
Christian
Haifa
Profile:
Abigail Leitel, 14, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Abigail Leitel, an eighth grader at Haifa's
Reali High School majoring in biology and environmental studies, was on her way
home from school. The Leitel family came to Israel from New Hampshire 14 years
ago, when Abigail was seven months old. They came to Haifa so that her father,
Philip, could study at the Haifa Technion, and later decided to stay and raise their five
children in Israel. Her father was later appointed representative of the Baptist Church
in Israel. Avigail Leitel and Yuval Mendelevitch, also killed in the bombing, had
been part of the Children Teaching Children program at Jewish-Arab Center for
Peace at Givat Haviva since last September - a program that teaches pluralism,
tolerance and coexistence. They and their classmates were preparing for the
upcoming encounter with Arab youth from a neighboring town in just a few days.
The encounter will be dedicated to their memory.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Daniel Harush
16
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Daniel Harush, 16, from Safed was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Haroush, an 11th grader at the military
academy affiliated with Haifa's Reali High School, had finished classes early because
most of his schoolmates had gone on a school trip to Poland. He had gone downtown
to pick up forms for driver's education classes and was on his way back to school
when the terrorist struck.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yuval Mendelevitch
13
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Male
Residence:
Yuval Mendelevitch, 13, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a suicide
bomber blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Mendelevitch, an eighth-grader from
Haifa, was on his way home from school. Yuval's father, Yossi, related how his son
would phone him every day on his way home from the Reali School. "We were
having a normal conversation," Yossi told a radio interviewer, "when suddenly he
said, 'I love you, Dad.' In retrospect, those were his last words. The call was cut off."
Yuval Mendelevitch and Avigail Leitel, also killed in the bombing, had been part of
the Children Teaching Children program at Jewish-Arab Center for Peace at Givat
Haviva since last September - a program that teaches pluralism, tolerance and
coexistence. They and their classmates were preparing for the upcoming encounter
with Arab youth from a neighboring town in just a few days. The encounter will be
dedicated to their memory.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eliahu Lacham
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Staff Sergeant Eliahu Lacham, 22, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a
suicide bomber blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Eliyahu (Eli) Laham, the
eldest in his family, served in the Military Police in Megiddo. He was on his way to
visit his grandfather in the Carmel Hospital when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Kamar Abu Khamed
12
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Druze Daliat al-Carmel
Profile:
Kamar Abu Khamed, 13, from Daliat al-Carmel was one of 17 people killed when a
suicide bomber blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Kamar, an eighth grade
student at Haifa's Municipal "E" High School, was on her way home when she was
killed in the bombing. The Abu Hamed family was well-known in Daliat al-Carmel, a
Druze town on the Carmel. Local council head Dr. Ramzi Halabi said, "Today Dalia
has lost its moon - the meaning of the name Kamar." Kamar's uncle, a former police
officer and sapper, described her as a quiet girl, who "loved everyone and did
everything to succeed at school."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Mitel Katav
Nationality:
Israel
Profile:
Age:
Gender:
20
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jewish Haifa
Mitel Katav, 20, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber blew
up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Katav completed her compulsory military service
on the Lebanese border a month ago and a half ago, and had begun working as a gas
station attendant on Mount Carmel. Katav had phoned her sister, Vered, to tell her she
had just got on the No. 37 bus for home, when the call was cut off by the explosion.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Assaf Zur
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Assaf Zur, 17, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber blew
up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Assaf Tzur was an eleventh grade student majoring
in computers at the Hannah Szenes ORT School. He was traveling home with his
girlfriend, Ortal. She kissed him goodby and got off the bus. Three stops later the
bomb exploded and Assaf was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tom Hershko
16
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Tom Hershko, 16, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. His father, Mordechai Hershko, was also
killed in the attack. A graphics student at the Hannah Szenes ORT School, Hershko
was the only child of his parents, who had been divorced for a number of years. He
lived with his mother, but maintained close contact with his father. "They studied
karate together and enjoyed spending hours in each other's company," said Ruth. "He
was a splendid father." Tom had almost got his black belt, but had injured his finger
and put off the test. Ruth related how Tom had happily phoned from the bus to tell
her he and his father were bringing her a surprise. "He'll take this surprise with him to
the grave," she said, but noted that she had also planned to greet Tom with a surprise.
"He loved to surf the Internet, and yesterday I had him connected to the fast Internet
cable service. Now nobody will use it."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Marak Takash
54
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Marak Takash, 54, from Haifa was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Mark Takash immigrated to Israel 13 years
ago and was employed as a guard at Haifa University. He was on his way to the
university for the afternoon shift when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mordechai Hershko
41
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Mordechai Hershko from Haifa, was one of 17 people killed when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. His son, Tom, was also killed in the attack.
Motti Hershko was returning from a peace workshop with with his son, Tom, when
the terrorist struck. Family members related that financial difficulties had recently
forced his father to sell his car, which was why the two were riding the bus. They sat
side by side and were killed together. Hershko and his former wife, Ruth, had been
divorced for a number of years, but he maintained close contact with his only son. Eli
David, Ruth's brother, noted that the two were best friends. "In death, as in life, they
were inseparable," he said.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mariam Mustafa Atar
27
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Muslim Haifa
Profile:
Mariam Mustafa Atta, 27, from Haifa, was one of 17 people killed when a suicide
bomber blew up a bus in Haifa on 5 March 03. Maryam, the youngest daughter of a
well-established Muslim family in Haifa, was on her way to work. She had taken the
job to pay for her driving lessons. She had just this week successfully completed a
course as a cosmetician.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Elizabetta Katzman
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Elizabeta (Liz) Katzman, 16, of Haifa, was one of 17 people killed in a suicide
bombing of an Egged bus on Moriah Boulevard in the Carmel section of Haifa. Liz
Katzman immigrated to Israel with her parents Yelena and Alex from the CIS 12
years ago. Well-liked by all, she was an 11th grade student majoring in theater and
sociology at the Leo Baeck High School in Haifa. After looking at costumes for a
play with her friend Tal Kerman, she decided to accompany her friend home. Both
girls were killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mahmoud Amadan Salim Kawasme
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Hebron
Profile:
Mahmoud Amadan Salim Kawasme, 20, a computer student from Hebron
Polytechnic Institute. A letter was found on his body which included quotations from
the Koran. Kawasme is the 20th student from this college to carry out attacks against
Israeli targets since the beginning of the intifada.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Anatoly Biryakov
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Anatoly Biryakov, 20, of Haifa died of injuries suffered in the March 5 suicide
bombing of an Egged bus, bringing the death toll to 16. Anatoly Biryakov immigrated
to Israel from Russia three years ago with his mother Irena and his sister Tamara. He
was working to save up money for university studies. After being injured while
working as a carpenter, he found work cleaning at Haifa University. He was was
critically injured while on his way to work and died three days later. His mother
decided to donate his organs for transplant, "in order that his heart should not stop
beating, even if it is in someone else's body. If his heart is alive and beating, he is still
alive." Anatoly had a rare blood type and those who received his organs had been
waiting a long time for transplants. Irena said of the recipients of Anatoly's heart,
liver and kidneys - two Jews, an Arab and a Druze: "They are like my children."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Name:
Age: Gender:
Moran Shushan
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Moran Shushan, 20, of Haifa died of injuries suffered in the March 5 suicide bombing
of an Egged bus, in which a total of 17 people were killed. Moran Shushan was on
her way to visit a friend and suffered extensive burns and serious injuries to her
lungs, heart and eyes in the explosion. She remained unconscious and succumbed to
her wounds six days later. Moran completed her studies at the Hannah Szenes ORT
School in Haifa and then opted for national service in a health clinic instead of army
service. Her family described her as a very sociable girl, who loved to dance,
especially salsa.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Extremely High
Terror Attack - Feb 10, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Ramallah, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
The IDF arrested a Hamas suicide bomber near the West Bank city of Ramallah, and
discovered a suitcase containing a 20 kilogram bomb that was ready to be detonated.
Sappers detonated the device safely.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Feb 6, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Other/Unknown Talusa village, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
In an operation in the Nablus area, soldiers from the Haruv battalion prevented a
suicide bomb attack that was planned by the Islamic Jihad from being carried out
inside the Green Line.
Further Details
At a roadblock set up near the village of Talusa, north of Nablus, in the afternoon
hours, Israel Defense Forces soldiers stopped a taxi with five Palestinian passengers.
Two of the passengers were wanted men affiliated with the Islamic Jihad in Nablus. It
is believed that the two wanted men intended to cross the Green Line near Tul Karm,
possibly with a vehicle loaded with explosives.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Jan 25, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Suicide Bomb
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Shavei Shomron, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
Soldiers from the Haruv Battalion killed two terrorists and wounded a third who were
attempting to carry out a suicide bombing in Shavei Shomron. Near one of the
terrorists' bodies, soldiers found an explosive belt containing five kilograms of TATP
explosives.
Further Details
The Haruv soldiers, who were assigned to reinforce the Nablus curfew imposed due
to warnings of plans by terrorists to leave the city to perpetrate attacks, spotted four
people placing a suspicious object on the ascent to Mount Ebal. When the soldiers
called out to them to halt and lift their shirts, one of the terrorists opened fire at the
soldiers who returned fire and killed two of the terrorists, one a female. The troops
pursued the other two and wounded one, whom they captured. The fourth succeeded
in fleeing the area. Near one of the terrorists' bodies, soldiers found an explosive belt
containing five kilograms of TATP explosives.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Suad Jadallah
45
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Suad Jawadallah was killed, along with one other armed Palestinian, while attempting
to carry out an attack on an Israeli settlement. Hand grenades were found on her
body, the army said. Neighbors said she had been distraught over the killing of her
son Ahmed, a member of the militant Islamic Jihad group, in an Israeli attack three
months ago. "After Ahmed was assassinated, she said many times she can't endure
life without him and she hoped she would be a martyr as soon as possible to join him
in the other life," said a neighbor, Sameh Shweiki.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Israel
High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Iman Hinawi
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
One of two Palestinians killed while attempting to carry out a suicide bombing on an
Israeli settlement. Palestinians reported that one of those killed was Iman Hinawi, 20.
Near his body, soldiers found an explosive belt containing five kilograms of TATP
explosives.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Israel
High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Guerilla Attack - Jan 17, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Ship Gaza, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A booby-trapped raft exploded Friday morning close to an Israel Navy gunboat off
the Gaza coast. There were no reports of injuries from the blast.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Associated Press
Terror Attack - Jan 5, 2003
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Marketplace
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Killed: 23
Injured: 100
Details:
Twenty-three people were killed and as many as one hundred wounded in two
simultaneous suicide bombings near Tel-Aviv's old central Bus Station. The nearby
residential area, in the poorest section of Tel-Aviv, is home to many foreign workers.
Further Details
The attack occurred at roughly 18:30 local time in an area filled with kiosks, cafes,
and small shops, that is usually crowded at all hours. The force of the blasts blew out
windows and damaged nearby buildings, even injuring people inside houses and
shops. Police spokesman Gil Kleiman said that the bombs used were unusually
powerful. "From the extent of the damage on the scene... they were very strong
explosive devices. In each case metal fragments were added to the explosives to
increase the amount of death," he said. Emergency crews were hampered in
evacuating the wounded from the site of the bombing by traffic backed up in the
narrow alleys. Bystanders helped to carry wounded people from the scene on
makeshift stretchers and doors torn from their hinges.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Krassimir Mitkov Angelov
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Bulgaria
Christian
Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Krassimir Mitkov Angelov, 32, of Bulgaria, was was one of 23 people killed when
two suicide bombers blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh
Sha'anan neighborhood near the old central bus station. Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack, which apparently was assisted by
Islamic Jihad. Angelov was a miner in the small mining town of Zlatograd, but his
family persuaded him to quit that job due to the dangerous working conditions
underground. After being unemployed for two years, he decided to seek a position as
a foreign worker in Israel. He had planned to use the money he earned to launch his
own business. Angelov began working in construction in Israel in November 2001.
Until late December 2002, he worked in Jerusalem, but after witnessing the horrific
bombing of a bus on Mexico Street, decided to leave the capital, relocating to Tel
Aviv only a few days before the twin suicide attack. He last spoke with his family in
early January, telling them that he was happy in Tel Aviv, which he believed to be a
much safer city. Angelov's wife Lyudmila still lives in Bulgaria with their seven-yearold daughter, Antonia. Lyudmila said that he was planned to rejoin his family in
Zlatograd in May.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Meir Haim
74
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Azor
Profile:
Meir Haim, 74, of Tel Aviv, was one of 23 people killed when two suicide bombers
blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood
near the old central bus station. Meir was waiting at a bus stop, on his way home from
watching a practice of his favorite soccer team, Betar Jerusalem, when the first
bomber detonated his explosives. Meir was nicknamed the "Grandfather of the Betar
Jerusalem soccer club." Although he never played soccer professionally, Meir
followed his favorite team religiously and frequently photographed its players and
games. On Sunday, Meir was on his way home from a team practice in Jerusalem.
Team members said they would hold a memorial for Meir at the start of their next
game. Meir was a pensioner of the Mekorot water company and the local commander
of the Civil Guard.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israelinsider.com, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mihai Sabau
38
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Romania
Christian
Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Mihai Sabau, 38, of Romania was one of 23 people killed when two suicide bombers
blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood
near the old central bus station. Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack, which apparently was assisted by Islamic Jihad. Mihai
Sabau had gone shopping in the area of the old central bus station with his friend, Ion
Nicolae, also from Romania. Both were killed in the explosion. Mihau Sabau, from
the city of Brasov in Romania, a house painter by profession, had been working in
Israel for seven years as a construction worker. His brother, who also works in Israel,
said that this was the only way they could earn a living, as pay in Romania is so low.
Mihau's wife, Angelica, came to Israel in the summer of 2001 and worked in a
kindergarten. They have a 13-year-old son, Sebastian, who lives with an aunt in
Bucharest.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Lilia Zibstein
33
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Lilya Zibstein, 33, of Haifa, was one of 23 people killed when two suicide bombers
blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood
near the old central bus station. Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack, which apparently was assisted by Islamic Jihad. Lilya
Zibstein, a mechanical engineer and computer programmer, was on her way home
from work and was chatting with fellow workers in the old bus station when she was
killed. After immigrating with her family from Ukraine five years ago and settling in
Haifa, Zibstein found work in a hi-tech company in Tel Aviv and moved there.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Victor Shebayev
62
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Viktor Shebayev, 62, of Holon, was one of 23 people killed when two suicide
bombers blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan
neighborhood near the old central bus station. Viktor Shebayev, a mechanical
engineer, was waiting for a bus on his way home from work when the terrorists
struck. The Shebayev family immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in 1996.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Amiram Zamora
55
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Amiram Zmora, 55, of Holon, was one of 23 people killed two suicide bombers blew
themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood near
the old central bus station. Amira Zmora, who worked in data security, had just
phoned his family with the good news that he was not going to be one of some 900
workers fired by Bank Hapoalim, and was on his way home to celebrate with them
when he was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israelinsider.com
Name:
Age: Gender:
Steven Arthur Cromwell
43
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Ghana
Christian
Tel Aviv
Profile:
Steven Arthur Cromwell, 43, from Ghana was one of 23 people killed in the double
suicide bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Cromwell
arrived in Israel four years ago with his wife, Sarah, and worked as a cleaner. He had
gone to do shopping at the market near the old central bus station and was on his way
home when the explosion took place.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mazal Orkabi
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Azor
Profile:
Staff Sgt. Mazal Orkabi, 20, from Azor was one of 23 people killed in the double
suicide bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Mazal (Mazi)
Orkobi was killed on her way home from her Communications Corps base, where she
had just completed her compulsory military service and had spent her first day in the
professional army. "The army didn't want to let her go, they loved her so much," said
her grandfather, Yoav Noam. "She signed on for the regular army and one day is all
she had... She was so full of life and they took her like an angel. She was a brilliant
student, she had exceptional grades. Whatever we didn't know, she knew, and that's
how we'll remember her." Mazal graduated Sharett High School in Holon, whose
teachers described her as a quiet, smiling girl who excelled in her studies.
Psychologists were meeting with students at the school, who were shocked at her
death and at the fact that the father of another student was killed in the same terrorist
attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sapira Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe
46
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Sapira Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe, 46, from Bat Yam was one of 23 people killed in the
double suicide bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Sapira
Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe worked in an insurance company in Tel Aviv and was
waiting for the bus home. She was the proud grandmother of a baby girl and spent a
great deal of time taking care of her and of her two children, family members said.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avi Kotzer
43
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Avi Kotzer, 43, from Bat Yam was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Avi Kotzer worked in a
computer firm and got a ride to the central bus station on Sunday evening with a
friend. He was due to be married soon to a young woman from Canada. Avi, who was
born in Azerbaijan, wrote a Caucasian-Hebrew dictionary.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hanna Haimov
53
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Hanna Haimov, 53, from Tel Aviv was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Haimov's niece, Osnat
Abramov, was killed two and a half months ago in the terrorist attack at Karkur.
Hannah Haimov ran a stall in the old bus station that sold shoes and handbags and
was at work with her 23-year-old son, Eliezer, when the first explosion tore through
the site. Eliezer ran out to help with the wounded and when the second blast occurred
seconds later he turned and saw his mother lying on the ground. She died in his arms.
Haimov immigrated with her family from Uzbekistan 10 years ago, after losing her
oldest son in a car accident, divorcing, remarrying and losing her second husband,
with whom she had two children. She came to Israel with an extended family that
included her parents, five sisters, and three brothers.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israelinsider.com, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ion (Nelu) Nicolai
35
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Romania
Christian
Unknown
Profile:
Ion Nicolai, 35, from Romania was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Ion Nicolae had gone
shopping in the area of the old central bus station with his friend, Mihai Sabau, also
from Romania. Both were killed in the explosion. Ion, from the city of Ploiesti in
Romania, was trained as a blacksmith. After working in a factory and under army
contract, he had come to Israel in September 2000 to earn more money. He planned to
save up enough to return home and buy an apartment. Ion found work in construction,
and a year ago brought his wife Mariana to Israel, who worked as a caretaker for the
elderly. Married since 1993, they had no children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Boris Tepalshvili
51
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Yehud
Profile:
Boris Tepelshvili, 51, from Yehud was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Boris Tepalshvili had
gone to the area of the old bus station to look for work and to meet a friend. The two
had planned to go together to attend a bar mitzva celebration. Boris was killed and his
friend wounded. The Tepalshvili family immigrated from Georgia three years ago,
looking for a better life in Israel. Since their aliya Boris worked in a number of parttime jobs, while his wife, Luba, found work in a supermarket.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Andrei Friedman
30
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Andrei Friedman, 30, of Bat Yam was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Friedman immigrated
from Byelorussia four years ago. He worked as a security guard in two locations and
was looking for additional employment near the old central bus station when he was
killed. "He was a good person, who loved his daughter and helped raise her," said
Friedman's ex-wife.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israelinsider.com, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ramin Nasibov
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Ramin Nasibov, 25, from Tel-Aviv was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Nasibov made Aliya
from Georgia in 1998 with his parents and younger sister; the family lived in south
Tel Aviv. For a living, Nasibov sold cellular telephones near the old central bus
station. "When he heard the first blast, he went outside to see what happened, and
then he was fatally wounded," a family member said.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israelinsider.com
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mordechai Evioni
52
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Mordechai Evioni, 52, from Holon was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Mordechai Evioni was
on his way to take care of his sick mother when he was killed. A disabled veteran of
the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he was wounded in the fighting on the Golan Heights and
suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder for many years. Ever since the death of
his father three years ago, Mordechai cared for his mother, Mazal, who is chronically
ill. "He would cook for her, do laundry, clean for her, and take care of her," said his
brother, Elitzur. In addition, Evioni was also an active volunteer in the Civil Guard,
which had awarded him a citation.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israelinsider.com
Name:
Age: Gender:
Igor Zobokov
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Igor Zobokov, 32, of Bat Yam was one of 23 people killed when two suicide bombers
blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood
near the old central bus station. Igor Zobokov immigrated from Russia to Israel by
himself three years ago. An aeronotical technician by profession, he worked in Israel
in a plant for solar water-heaters, and was on his way home to Bat Yam when he was
killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ilanit Peled
32
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Azor
Profile:
Ilanit Peled, 32, of Azor was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide bombing
near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Ilanit Peled, an attorney, had
phoned her parents to tell them she was on her way home from work, when she
stopped at the old station to switch buses and was killed. She had completed with
distinction an MA in law at Tel Aviv University just one week before. Ilanit's
younger brother had been injured in a traffic accident when he was three years old
and she devoted her spare time to helping her parents care for him.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, mfa
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Guo Aiping
48
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
China
Christian
Tel Aviv
Profile:
Guo Aiping, 48, of Fujian Province in southern China, was one of 23 people killed
when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's
Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood near the old central bus station. Guo Aiping was on his
way home from work when he was killed in the attack. Another Chinese worker was
killed and seven Chinese were wounded in the attack, one of whom, Zhang Minmin,
later died of her wounds. Guo had come to Israel in 1999 to work in construction.
When his contract expired a year ago, he decided to remain in the country illegally
and continue working in order to support his large family. Guo was older than most
of his fellow Chinese workers and was also exceptional in another respect. His
cousin, Chu Chang, noted that Guo was married with five children - a rarity in China,
which by law limits couples to a single child. Chu related that this restriction did not
apply when Guo and his wife were having children, and that Guo apparently wanted a
male heir after his first four children were girls. The fifth was a son.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Li Peizhong
41
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
China
Unknown
Tel Aviv
Profile:
Li Fei Chong, 41, from China was one of 23 people killed in the double suicide
bombing near Tel-Aviv's old central bus station on 5 Jan 03. Li came to work in Israel
through the Shandong Changda Construction Company. Chong was saving money to
return home to China, where he has a wife and children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israelinsider.com
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ivan Gaptoniak
46
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Ukraine
Christian
Tel Aviv
Profile:
Ivan Gaptoniak, 46, of Ukraine, was one of 23 people killed when two suicide
bombers blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan
neighborhood near the old central bus station. Ivan Gaptoniak lived with friends in an
apartment some 150 meters from the site of the explosions and was on his way home
from work when he was killed in the attack. His girlfriend, Mira, was lightly
wounded and was asked to identify his body when she was released from the hospital.
Gaptoniak came to Israel three-and-a-half years ago after working for nearly 30 years
as a bus driver in Ukraine. He began working in Israel as a laborer for a remodeling
contractor and lately as a cleaning worker in a restaurant.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zhang Minmin
50
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
China
Christian
Tel Aviv
Profile:
Zhang Minmin, 50, of China, was one of 23 people killed when two suicide bombers
blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood
near the old central bus station on January 5. Zhang Minmin, from Zhoushan County
in Zhejiang Province in southeast China, had been working in a Tel-Aviv restaurant
for a year and a half. She suffered critical head wounds in the bombing and died on
January 13. Two other Chinese nationals were killed and six wounded in the attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Moshe (Maurice) Aharfi
60
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Moshe (Maurice) Aharfi, 60, of Tel-Aviv was one of 23 people killed when two
suicide bombers blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh
Sha'anan neighborhood near the old central bus station. Aharfi, originally from
Jerusalem, was killed in the bombing in Tel-Aviv, where he had been living for the
past few years.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Boraq Abdel Rahman Halfa
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Boraq Abdel Rahman Halfa, 20, was one of the two Fatah suicide bombers who
carried out the double bombing near Tel Aviv's old central bus station on 6 Jan 03.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Associated Press
ConfidenceLevel:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Samer al-Nouri
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Samer al-Nouri, 19, from Nablus was one of the two Fatah suicide bombers who
carried out the double bombing near Tel Aviv's old central bus station on 6 Jan 03.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Associated Press
ConfidenceLevel:
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Guerilla Attack - Nov 22, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Ship Gaza Coast, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 4
Details:
Two Palestinian militants blew up an explosives-laden fishing boat in a failed attack
on an Israeli patrol boat, killing themselves and wounding four sailors.
Further Details
The incident took place at around 10:30 P.M. Friday night when the region's naval
control center noticed a Palestinian fishing boat that crossed the no-sailing area. A
naval Dabur gunship was scrambled to the area and tried to stop the boat. The two
people on board ignored the calls to stop, which included spraying of water spurts and
warning shots. Several minutes later the fishing boat exploded injuring the gunship
and the soldiers.
Sources:
Associated Press, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Jamal Ali Ismail
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Burij
Profile:
Jamal Ali Ismail, 2, one of two Palestinian militants who blew up an explosives-laden
fishing boat in a failed attack on an Israeli patrol boat, killing themselves and
wounding four sailors.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
Associated Press, Ha'aretz
Name:
Age:
Mohammed al Masri
Nationality:
Palestinian
Profile:
Gender:
19
Male
Religion:
Residence:
Muslim Beit Hanoun
Mohammed al-Masri, 19, was one of two Palestinian militants who blew up an
explosives-laden fishing boat in a failed attack on an Israeli patrol boat on Saturday,
killing themselves and wounding four sailors
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
Associated Press, Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Nov 21, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 11
Injured: 50
Details:
A suicide bomber struck a municipal bus in Jerusalem this morning, killing at least
ten people and injuring nearly 50. The bombing targeted the number 20 Jerusalem
bus as it passed through a quiet residential neighborhood at the height of morning
rush hour.
Further Details
The bus bombing occurred at roughly 7:15, an hour when city buses are crowded with
school children on their way the school. Area schools scrambled to assemble lists of
those who had arrived safely to school while worried parents frantically phoned
schools and hospitals. Witnesses said children's sandwiches and schoolbooks lay
scattered in the street around the burned out bus. "There are students among the
wounded," Yeruham Mandola, spokesman for the Magen David Adom paramedics'
service, told Israel Radio. He could not say how many of the wounded were school
children. The bomber detonated his explosives just after the bus had picked up a
group of children and adults. The bus had only one final stop to make on its route.
Police sources said there was no specific warning of this particular attacks. However
the General Security Services has reported that between 4 and 12 terrorist incidents
are foiled every day by security forces.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post, Associated Press
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nael Azmi Abu Hilail
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim El-Khader
Profile:
Nael Azmi Abu Hilail, 23, from El-Khader, near Bethlehem carried out the suicide
bombing on the number 20 bus in Jerusalem on 21 November, 2002. He was known
to be a supporter of the Islamic Jihad group. Abu Hilail's family said he left home
Wednesday and hadn't returned.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hodaya Asraf
13
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Menachem
Profile:
Hodaya Asraf, 13, from Kiryat Menachem was killed when a suicide bomber blew up
a bus filled with passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02. Hodaya was
a student at the Beit Ulpana in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Marina Bazarski
46
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Marina Bazarski, 46, from Jerusalem, was killed when a suicide bomber blew up a
bus filled with passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dikla Zino
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Dikla Zino, 20, of the Ir Ganim quarter of Jerusalem was killed when a suicide
bomber blew up a bus filled with passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov
02. Dikla boarded the bus at the same stop as the suicide bomber and was seriously
injured in the head and chest when he detonated the bomb. She died on the operating
table at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. Dikla, who was discharged from the army
just four months ago, worked as a bookkeeper. She is survived by her parents and
three siblings.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Sima Novack
Age:
Gender:
56
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Sima Novack, 56, from Ir Ganim was killed when a suicide bomber blew up a bus
filled with passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02. Sima Novak
emigrated to Israel from the Ukraine eight years ago with her daughter Svetlana. She
took Bus no. 20 as usual to her job as a housekeeper in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood
of Jerusalem. In the Ukraine she had been a teacher of chemistry and biology. Novak
lived with the daughter and husband, and her toddler granddaughter.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hadassah (Yelena) Ben-David
Unknown
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Helena Ben-David was killed when a suicide bomber blew up a bus filled with
passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02. Helena Hadassah Ben-David
immigrated to Israel from Latvia 12 years ago. She taught mathematics at the
Denmark comprehensive school in Jerusalem and had recently been living with her
parents after getting divorced.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Kira Perlman
72
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Immigrants from the Ukraine, Kira Pearlman, and her grandson Ilan, were killed on
the bus together. They lived in Jerusalem's Ir Ganim. They are survived by the boy's
parents and 15-year-old brother.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ilan Perlman
8
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Immigrants from the Ukraine, Kira Pearlman, and her grandson Ilan, were killed on
the bus together. They lived in Jerusalem's Ir Ganim. They are survived by the boy's
parents and 15-year-old brother.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Michael Sharshevsky
16
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Michael Sharshesky was killed, together with his mother Ella, when a suicide bomber
blew up a bus filled with passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ella Sharshevsky
44
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Ella Sharshesky was killed, together with her son, when a suicide bomber blew up a
bus filled with passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mircea Varga
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Romania
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
A tourist from Romania killed when a suicide bomber blew up a bus filled with
passengers during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02. Verga Mirsa, 25, arrived in
Israel five weeks ago from Romania. He joined his sister who has been working here
for several years, and began working in Jerusalem to pay back debts he incurred in
Romania. He is survived by his parents and two sisters. His sister said that she
intended to return to Romania immediately, because the sitaution here "is too
dangerous."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yafit Ravivo
13
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yafit Ravivo was killed when a suicide bomber blew up a bus filled with passengers
during rush hour in Jerusalem on 21 Nov 02. Every morning Yafit took the Number
20 bus to Beit Hinuch, the religious school in Kiryat Moshe, where she attended the
ninth grade. According to neighbors, Yafit was the quiet middle daughter of three.
She
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Extremely High
Terror Attack - Nov 4, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Kfar Sava, Israel
Killed: 2
Injured: 69
Details:
Two people were killed and 69 injured in a suicide bombing at Kfar Sava's Arim
shopping mall. One of those killed was a security guard, who prevented the attacker
from entering a crowded store.
Further Details
The attacker blew himself up near the northern entrance of the open-air mall. The
security guard, who apparently realized the man approaching him was a terrorist, is
believed to have prevented the bomber from entering Shekem electronics store.
Before he could take further action, the terrorist detonated the bomb.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nabil Khaled Sawalhe
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Balata refugee camp
Profile:
Nabil Sawalhe, of Balata refugee camp in Nablus, was the suicide bomber who blew
himself up near the northern entrance of the open-air mall in Kfar Sava.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gaston Parapierian
15
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Jewish Ra'anana
Profile:
Male
Residence:
Gaston Parapierian, 15, was killed when a suicide bomber exploded in the Kfar Sava
mall. Gaston was a new immigrant from Argentina, only 6 month in israel.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Julio Pedro Magram
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kfar Sava
Profile:
Julio Pedro Magram, the security guard who apparently realized the man approaching
him was a terrorist and believed to have prevented the bomber from entering was
killed in the attack. He was also a new immigrant from Argentina.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Terror Attack - Oct 27, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Ariel, West Bank
Killed: 3
Injured: 17
Details:
At least three people were killed and 17 injured in a suicide attack on a gas station at
the entrance to Ariel, in the northern West Bank. All of the fatalities are IDF
reservists, and at least one was an officer, who attempted to stop the bomber.
Further Details
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which is affiliated to Yasser Arafat's Fatah
movement, claimed responsiblity for the bombing, the second in Israel in the last
seven days. The terrorist was named at Mohammed A-Kashir, 19, from Nablus, who
security sources said was on the IDF's list of wanted terror suspects. The sources
added that A-Kashir had been missing from his home for the past month, and that
IDF troops had been unable to locate him. Rami Sonnenfeld, a police commander at
the scene, said the bomber arrived at the gas station, and was spotted by soldiers.
"They called on him and approached him," Sonnenfeld told Israel Radio. "As they
were trying to overpower him, the terrorist blew up and a number of people were
injured." According to eye-witness accounts, soldiers and civilians who were in the
area overcame the terrorist, and he was shot by a civilian security guard. It was
unclear if the explosion had been caused by the shot, or whether the terrorist managed
to detonate the lethal load.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mohammed A-Kashir
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
The terrorist was named at Mohammed A-Kashir, 19, from Nablus, who security
sources said was on the IDF's list of wanted terror suspects. The sources added that
A-Kashir had been missing from his home for the past month, and that IDF troops
had been unable to locate him.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Matan Zagron
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Itamar
Profile:
Lt. Matan Zagron, 22, of Itamar was one of three IDF soldiers killed in a suicide
bombing at the Sonol gas station at the entrance to Ariel in Samaria while trying to
prevent the terrorist from detonating the bomb. Matan Zagron was about to assault
the terrorist and took the brunt of the explosion, said his friends in the Nahshon
Battalion, where Zagron served as a sniper officer. In addition to the three killed,
about 20 people were wounded in the blast. Two weeks ago he celebrated his 22nd
birthday. His friend Oded Ronsky, who had spent the last few hours before the
terrorist attack with him, said Matan's dream was to serve in the Shin Bet. Oded
related that only a few days ago Matan had parted from his girl friend and needed
cheering up. "I drove him in the morning to the gas station, where he was supposed to
meet his soldiers to take them to training drill."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tamir Masad
41
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ben Shemen
Profile:
Tamir Masad, 41, of Ben Shemen was one of three IDF soldiers killed in a suicide
bombing at the Sonol gas station at the entrance to Ariel in Samaria while trying to
prevent the terrorist from detonating the bomb. Tamir Masad had been called up for
reserve duty. Until recently, he had served as company commander in the Golani
reconnaissance unit. This time he was posted to guard duty in the seamline area. He
and his soldiers had just completed three days of training and were waiting at the
Ariel gas station for transportation to new postings when the suicide bomber arrived
on the scene. "They told us he ran towards the terrorist, who looked suspicious to
him, and together with a third person they caught the terrorist's hands to stop him
from detonating the explosive vest," said Tamir's father Giora, a brigadier-general in
reserves. "After a shot was fired at the terrorist, the explosives went off and Tamir,
who stood very close to him, was hit." In addition to the three killed, about 20 people
were wounded in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Amihud Hasid
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tapuah
Profile:
Sgt.-Maj. Amihud Hasid, 32, of Tapuah was one of three IDF soldiers killed in a
suicide bombing at the Sonol gas station at the entrance to Ariel in Samaria while
trying to prevent the terrorist from detonating the bomb. Amihud Hasid settled with
his family in Tapuah, a community in Samaria, five years ago, where he was
responsible for security. He later returned to the army and served as a regional
defense officer. Amihud was at the gas station in Ariel to pick up soldiers to guard
nearby settlements when the terrorist was identified. He and two IDF officers were
killed trying to subdue the terrorist when the bomb exploded, and about 20 others
were wounded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Oct 10, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Bar Ilan Junction, Ramat Gan, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 16
Details:
One person was killed and 16 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up after
failing to get onto a bus on the Geha highway near Bnei Brak, but a far greater
disaster was prevented by the bus driver and a passenger who pinned the bomber to
the ground until the packed bus had emptied.
Further Details
The bomber had tried to board the bus through the back door. Thinking someone was
trying to sneak on the bus, the driver closed the back door and saw the man slip and
fall. It wasn't until he got off the bus to check whether the man was okay, that he
discovered he was face-to-face with a suicide bomber. The driver, Baruch Neuman,
got one of the passengers to help him pin the bombers arms so that he couldn't
detonate the explosives, and shouted for passengers on the bus to flee. Once the bus
had emptied, said Neuman, the passenger helping him pin down the bomber looked at
him and said: "We must let go together and run. We flew out of there. Then the
bomber got up, walked a few meters and exploded." The bomber moved toward a
group of people at the bus stop then detonated the explosives, killing himself and an
elderly woman and wounding four people.
Sources:
Reuters, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Saada Aharon
71
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish unknown
Profile:
An elderly woman was killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a
bus stop at Bar Ilan Junction
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rafik Muhamad Hamad
31
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Kalkilya
Profile:
Suicide bomber who attempted to board a packed bus at the Bar Ilan Junction on 10
Oct 02. The driver prevented his getting on the bus, and, together with a passenger,
managed to pin him long enough for the passengers to flee the bus. Only one Israeli
was killed in the bombing.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Sep 19, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Killed: 6
Injured: 59
Details:
Six people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber
detonated a large bomb on a municipal bus in Tel-Aviv.
Further Details
The blast occurred aboard bus No. 4, at the corner of Allenby and Rothschild Streets
at just before 13:00 local time. Allenby Street, one of Tel-Aviv's main traffic arteries,
is lined with shops and sidewalk cafes. The bomber apparently boarded the bus across
from the city's main synagogue and, while still on the stairs, detonated his device.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Israel Radio, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Solomon Hoenig
79
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Solomon Hoenig, 79, of Tel Aviv was one of six people killed when a suicide
terrorist detonated a bomb in Dan bus No. 4 on Allenby Street, opposite the Great
Synagogue in Tel-Aviv. Solomon Hoenig apparently boarded Bus No. 4 at the same
station as the suicide bomber and was killed on the spot. He immigrated to Israel
from Romania in 1959 with his wife Anna.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yossi Mamistavlov
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Or Yehuda
Profile:
Yossi Mamistavlov, 39 of Or Yehuda was one of six people killed when a suicide
terrorist detonated a bomb in Dan bus No. 4 on Allenby Street, opposite the Great
Synagogue in Tel-Aviv. Yossi Mamistavlov was driving the bus on the No. 4 line
when the suicide bomber boarded the bus. A driver for the Dan Cooperative for 15
years, he had said that if a terrorist boarded his bus he would throw himself at him to
save the passengers' lives. His brother-in-law said anyone who knew Yossi was not
surprised at the reports that he had stopped the terrorist from making his way into the
bus. Yossi immigrated to Israel from Georgia 30 years ago. His father died when he
was a small child and his mother raised him, his two brothers and sister in Or
Yehuda.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yaffa Shemtov
49
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Yaffa Shemtov, 49, of Tel Aviv was one of six people killed when a suicide terrorist
detonated a bomb in Dan bus No. 4 on Allenby Street, opposite the Great Synagogue
in Tel-Aviv. Yaffa Shemtov worked for 20 years as a nursery school teacher for the
Tel Aviv municipality. Close friends said that she loved children and usually worked
until 4 P.M. at Gan Hashahar nursery school, not far from the bombing, but had taken
the day off on Thursday and was killed in the explosion.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shoshana (Rosanna) Siso
63
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Gan Yavneh
Profile:
Shoshana (Rosanna) Siso, 63, of Gan Yavneh was one of six people killed when a
suicide terrorist detonated a bomb in Dan bus No. 4 on Allenby Street, opposite the
Great Synagogue in Tel-Aviv. Rosanna Siso was killed when she stepped out of her
clothes shop on Allenby Street to buy lunch. Her eldest son Moshe owns a jewellery
shop nearby. Uninjured in the explosion, he was hospitalized for shock after helping
to evacuate the wounded from the scene. Rosanna immigrated to Israel from Romania
at the age of 3 and was crowned Water Queen of Israel when she was 18.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ofer Zinger
29
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Moshav Pazael
Profile:
Ofer Zinger, 29, of Moshav Pazael was one of six people killed when a suicide
terrorist detonated a bomb in Dan bus No. 4 on Allenby Street, opposite the Great
Synagogue in Tel-Aviv. Ofer Zinger, who was studying electronic engineering at TelAviv College, had been living with his grandfather in Tel-Aviv. He was on his way to
the post office when he was killed. He had worked in the past as a security guard at
the home of Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who sent his condolences.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Jonathan (Yoni) Jesner
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
United Kingdom
Jewish Glasgow, Scotland
Profile:
Jonathan (Yoni) Jesner, 19, of Glasgow, Scotland was one of six people killed when a
suicide terrorist detonated a bomb in Dan bus No. 4 on Allenby Street, opposite the
Great Synagogue in Tel-Aviv on September 19. Yoni Jesner, from Glasgow Scotland,
was a student at the Har Etzion yeshiva in Gush Etzion. He and his cousin Gideon
Black were traveling to a Tel-Aviv hotel to spend the Sukkot holiday with Gideon's
father when the suicide bomber boarded the bus. Gideon was moderately injured.
Yoni was mortally injured, and died of his wounds the following day. He was named
after Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed leading the successful July 4, 1976 Entebbe
rescue that saved the lives of 104 hijacked hostages. His family donated his organs
for transplant. One of his kidneys helped save the life of an 8 year-old Palestinian girl
who had been waiting for a transplant for 2 years.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack on a Dan municipal bus in Tel Aviv on 19
Sep. 02
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Terror Attack - Sep 18, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
Um al-Fahm, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 3
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in the Israeli Arab city of
Um al-Fahm, when police officers challenged him. One Israeli policeman was killed
and two passersby injured.
Further Details
Rami Mahmid, a seventeen-year-old carpenter from Umm el-Fahm, was today
awarded a certificate of honor by Israeli Police for alerting them to a suicide bomber
on September 18. Mahmid, who was seriously injured in the blast, was considered a
suspected terrorist accomplice for days until his version of the event was confirmed.
Mahmid borrowed the terrorist's cellular phone and called police to warn them. "I saw
a suspicious man, wearing a brown shirt and holding a black bag," Mahmid said,
recalling his actions last week. "I was standing next to him [at the bus stop] and we
started to talk [in Arabic]. I asked him where he was from and where he was going.
He said he was from a village near Jenin and was traveling to Afula. He looked to me
suspicious, and I asked to borrow his mobile phone. He gave me the phone and asked
who I was calling. I told him I was calling a contractor in Tiberias, but instead I
called the police and told them there was someone suspicious standing at the bus
stop." When the police approached to question them, the terrorist blew himself up,
killing policeman Moshe Hezkiyah. Three others were wounded. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack
Sources:
Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Moshe Hezkiyah
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Elyachin
Profile:
Police Sgt. Moshe Hezkiyah, 21, of Elyachin was killed and three people were
wounded in a suicide bombing at a bus stop at the Umm al Fahm junction. Moshe
was the eldest son of Miriam and Uri Hezkiyah. The family moved to Moshav
Elyachin, where Miriam grew up, six years ago. Moshe completed high school in
Hadera, majoring in Middle Eastern studies. His friends expected him to become a
diplomat. He enlisted in the police force three years, and intended to remain in the
force after completing his obligatory military service in a month's time.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Midhat el-Rawdra
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin
Profile:
Suicide bomber who blew himself up at Umm el-Fahm junction on 18 Sep. 02, killing
a police officer and wounding three passersby.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
Israel Radio
Terror Attack - Aug 4, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Meron Junction, Israel
Killed: 9
Injured: 40
Details:
Nine people were killed, and more than 40 wounded in a suicided bombing on a
commuter bus in northern Israel.
Further Details
The blast occurred at roughly 8:45 local time, as the bus was stopping to pick up
passengers at the Meron intersection enroute from Haifa to Safed. Bus number 361
was full of commuters returning home and soldiers returning to their bases after the
weekend. The explosion tore the roof off the bus and completely destroyed the rear
half of the vehicle, which burst into flame. Witnesses said that nearly everyone on the
bus was either killed or wounded. Diners and workers from the nearby restaurant ran
out to evacuate the wounded and render first aide. The six civilians killed in the
bombing were identified as: -Mason Amin Hassan, 23 from Sajour -Marlan
Menachem, 20 from Moshav Safsofa Mordechai Friedman, 27 from Ramat Beit
Shemesh -Sari Goldstein, 22, from Karmiel -Adlina Kononen, 37, a citizen of the
Philippines who had been working in Moshav Safsofa -Rebecca Roga, 40, a citizen of
the Philippines, who had been working in Moshav Safsofa. The three soldiers killed
in the attack were identified as: -Sergeant Major Roni Ranem, 28, from the Druze
village of Marer -Sergeant Omri Goldin, 20, from Mitzpe Aviv -Sergeant Yifat
Gavrieli, 19, from Mitzpe Adi
Sources:
Israel Radio, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Maysoun Amin Hassan
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Druze Sajour
Profile:
Maysoun Amin Hassan, 19, of Sajur was one of 9 people killed in the suicide
bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction.
Maysoun Amin Hassan, of the well-known Hassan family from the Druze village of
Sajur in the Galilee, was accompanying her older sister Jihan to an admissions exam
to the Safed regional college. Maysoun was killed in the explosion; Jihan, who is to
be married in two weeks, was injured. Their father, Amin Hassan, was a former
senior police officer and serves as director of the olive growers' council. Maysoun,
who was a gifted student, had been looking forward to begin studying psychology at
Haifa University in October.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Marlan Miriam Menachem
22
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Moshav Safsofa
Profile:
Marlene Miriam Menahem, 22, of Moshav Safsufa was one of 9 people killed in the
suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron
junction. Shimon, Marlene Menahem's father, dropped his daughter off at the bus stop
at the Meron junction, a few minutes before the 361 bus was due. This was part of the
regular Sunday routine. Marlene was on her way to work at a clothing shop in Safed.
Shimon barely made it back to Moshav Safsufa, when he heard the boom emanating
from the junction. Marlene never even made it into the bus. She was about to go enter
its front door when the bomb went off. She was killed because the bomb was
detonated on the right side of the bus.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mordechai Friedman
27
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Beit Shemesh
Profile:
Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Friedman, 24, of Ramat Beit Shemesh, was one of 9 people
killed in the suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at
the Meron junction. Mordechai Friedman, a Gur hassid, was a student at a yeshiva for
married men. On the morning of the bombing he was on his way back to Safed after
visiting the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai at Mount Meron with two fellow
students, who were lightly wounded in the attack. The suicide bomber detonated his
explosives just after Friedman and his friends boarded the bus at Meron.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sari Goldstein
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Karmiel
Profile:
Sari Goldstein, 21, of Karmiel, was one of 9 people killed in the suicide bombing of
Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction. Sari
Goldstein, 21, of Karmiel, had recently completed her military service and was on her
way to enroll in a training course at Safed Regional College when bus No. 361 was
blown up. Originally from Bat Yam, the Goldstein family had moved to Karmiel
three years ago, after living on a kibbutz in the Golan Heights. Family members told
how Sari had spent most of her army service in the territories and was a fearless bus
passenger.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Adlina Kononen
37
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Philippines
Christian
Moshav Safsofa
Profile:
Adelina Kononen, 37, of the Philippines was one of 9 people killed in the suicide
bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction.
Adelina Konone, a caregiver from the Philippines, was killed along with another
caregiver, Rebecca Roga, who had just gotton off the bus. Adelina came to work in
Israel six years ago for the Elkavetz family on Moshav Safsufa. "When I called Abu
Kabir to see whether Adelina had been brought there, they asked me to note various
identifying marks," said Motka Elkavetz, "I told them," he says, "if a woman with a
golden heart reaches you, you'll know its Adelina. She took care of his late father and
cared for his elderly mother, and also helped raise his three children. For the Elkazetz
family it was like losing a family member, not a caregiver.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rebecca Roga
40
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Philippines
Israel Christian
Moshav Safsofa
Profile:
Rebecca Roga, 40, was one of 9 people killed in the suicide bombing of Egged bus
No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction. A citizen of the
Philippines, Rebecca had been working in Moshav Safsofa as a caregiver.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Roni Ghanem
28
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Druze Maghar
Profile:
Sgt.-Maj. Roni Ghanem, 28, of Maghar, was one of 9 people killed in the suicide
bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction.
Sgt.-Maj. Roni Ghanem, of the Druze village of Maghar, was killed while on his way
to his base on the northern border. A star player on his local soccer team, Ghanem
had served as a combat soldier in a Druze unit. Early this year he joined the regular
army and was soon to begin an officers course. He married his wife, Rita, in May.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Omri Goldin
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Mitzpe Aviv
Profile:
Sgt. Omri Goldin, 20, of Mitzpe Aviv, was one of 9 people killed in the suicide
bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction.
Sgt. Omri Goldin was returning to his base at Northern Command headquarters when
he was slain with eight others on bus No. 361. Sitting beside him was his girlfriend,
Aviv, who was seriously wounded in the attack. His father founded the Jewish-Arab
regional school in Misgav. Born in Petah Tikva, Omri grew up in Yavne and moved
with his family to the Galilee two years ago. He was drafted 16 months ago and
served with distinction in the Northern Command. A talented musician, Omri played
in a rock band.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yifat Gavrieli
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Mitzpe Adi
Profile:
Sgt. Yifat Gavrieli, 19, of Mitzpe Adi, was one of 9 people killed in the suicide
bombing of Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron junction
in northern Israel. Sgt. Yifat Gavrieli, an operations sergeant in the Northern
Command, was returning to her base after a week's leave in Eilat when she was
murdered. Born and raised in Haifa, she moved with her family in 1995 to Mitzpe
Adi, where she was a much-beloved counselor in the Bnei Hamoshavim youth
movement.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack on an Egged bus at Meron Junction on 4
Aug 02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Comments:
find details
Sources:
Terror Attack - Jul 30, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Marketplace
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 5
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a felafel stand on Jerusalem's main
street. Five people were injured—most lightly—but the bomber was the only fatality.
Further Details
The blast occurred at roughly 13:00 at a kiosk selling felafel. A police spokesman
said that the bomber had probably intended to target a more crowded area, but that
the explosives detonated prematurely. A soldier on patrol near the Felafel stand
speculated that the bomber may have become alarmed on sighting the soldiers nearby.
Sgt. Ofir Yona said he saw the bomber enter the kiosk, carrying a black bag. "He
didn't look suspicious," Yona said. "He was cleanly shaven. He had his hair gelled
back. He noticed us and then he entered the shop." The shop owner and his son
escaped without serious injury; they had gone into a storeroom at the back of the shop
to fetch something when the blast destroyed the front of their stand.
Sources:
Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hashem Atta Yousef Sarasar
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Beit Jallah
Profile:
Suicide bomber who blew himself up in Jerusalem on 30 July 2002, wounding five
Israelis. The bomber was the sole fatality. Despite being a Muslim, he reportedly had
attended the Talitha Kumi Lutheran school in Bethlehem
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Comments:
NYTimes reported his name as Yousef Atta Khasem, Jpost has it as Hashem Atta
Yussuf, AP reported it as Hazem Sarasara
Sources:
Israel Radio, New York Times
Terror Attack - Jul 17, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Fatah
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Marketplace
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Killed: 5
Injured: 30
Details:
Two Palestinian suicide bombers detonated explosives in central Tel-Aviv on the eve
of Tisha b'Av, killing at least three people, and wounding thirty. Six of the wounded
were in serious condition, the rest suffered moderate to light injuries.
Further Details
The simultaneous attacks occurred within several meters of each other across from
the city's old central bus station. The area is filled with kiosks, cafes, and small shops,
and is usually crowded at all hours. The nearby residential area, in the poorest section
of Tel-Aviv, is home to many foreign workers. Two people were killed on the spot,
while a third died of injuries in hospital. Police said that each bomb contained at least
five kilograms of explosives, packed with nails and shrapnel to increase the extent of
casualties. In addition to Romanian worker Adrian Andres, 30, whose name was
publicized soon after the attack, also killed in the attack were Boris Shamis, 25, who
immigrated to Israel from Russia only seven months ago, and Xu Hengyong, 39, a
worker from China.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Israel Radio, Associated Press
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Adrian Andes
30
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Romania
Christian
Cluj
Profile:
Adrian Andres, 30, of Romania was one of three people killed in a double suicide
bombing on Neve Sha'anan Street near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. Adrian
Andres lived with his wife and son in a village near the city of Cluj (Kolosvar) in
Romania. He worked in mines in the area and was seriously injured in a mine
accident in 1992. In 1996 he came to work in Israel, and returned home after three
years. A year and a half ago he decided to return, hoping to earn enough money to
buy an apartment in his home town. He lived with his brother-in-law on Levanda
Street, close to where the bomb went off. The two used to spend their leisure hours at
the kiosk where the bombing took place. Adrian was killed in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
mfa
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Xu Henyong
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
China
Christian
unknown
Profile:
A foreign worker from China, who was killed in the double suicide bombing in TelAviv on 17 July 2002.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Boris Shamis
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Boris Shamis, 25, of Tel-Aviv was one of three people killed in a double suicide
bombing on Neve Sha'anan Street near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. Boris
Shamis arrived in Israel from Russia seven months ago and worked in the dining
room of the Israel Electric Company. He lived with his parents, Robin and Lydia, in a
small apartment on Levinsky Street in Tel-Aviv. His parents were visiting their
daughter in Russia when Boris was killed in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mohammed Attala
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Balata
Profile:
Mohammed Attala, 18, carried out the bombing near the old central bus station in
Tel-Aviv on 17 July 2002, along with Ibrahim Najie, 19, from the Balata refugee
camp, next to Nablus.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Fatah
Sources:
Associated Press
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ibrahim Najie
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Balata
Profile:
Ibrahim Najie, 19, from the Balata refugee camp carried out the bombing near the old
central bus station in Tel-Aviv on 17 July 2002, along with Mohammed Attala, 18.
Abdel Nasser Najie a relative, said Ibrahim Najie "used to work in Israel and knew
Israel very well." He said Najie left for Israel several days ago, and the family lost
touch with him. He said if relatives had known he was going to carry out a suicide
attack, "we would have stopped him."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Fatah
Sources:
Associated Press
Name:
Age: Gender:
Li Bin
33
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
China
Christian
unknown
Profile:
Li Bin, a foreign worker from China, died at 24 Jul 02 of wounds he received during
the double suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv on 17 July 2002.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dimitri Pundikov
33
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Bat Yam
Profile:
Dmitri Pundikov, 33, of Bat-Yam was one of five people killed in a double suicide
bombing on Neve Sha'anan Street near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv on July
17. Dmitri Pundikov, who sustained mortal injuries to the head, died of his injuries on
July 25 at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. Dmitri, who worked for an air conditioning
company, immigrated to Israel with his family three years ago from Russia. They
settled in Bat Yam to be near his wife Irena's family. At the time of the attack, he was
sitting with a close friend, Boris Shamis, who was also killed. Dmitri's family decided
to donate his organs, in the hope of saving other lives.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Jun 19, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 7
Injured: 50
Details:
Seven Israelis were killed and 50 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at
a crowded bus stop at Jerusalem's French Hill Intersection.
Further Details
The bomber jumped out of a car at the French Hill Junction and, as Border Patrolmen
on duty at the scene began to approach him, he ran past them towards the crowded
bus stop on the eastern side of the road, setting off the bomb he was carrying in a
crowd of people. Three Israelis and four others died in hospital. About 50 were
wounded by shrapnel that was packed around the explosive, with several in critical
and serious condition, including one of the Border Patrolmen who had tried to stop
the bomber.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Noa Alon
60
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ofra
Profile:
Noa Alon, 60, of Ofra, was one of seven people killed when a suicide bomber blew
himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French Hill intersection.
Noa Alon, a kindergarten teacher in Ofra, organized an end-year party for the
children. She invited her daughter and two grandchildren to attend the party in the
afternoon. They had returned to Jerusalem and were waiting for the bus at the French
Hill junction to return to her daughter's home in Ma'ale Adumim, where Noa was to
babysit for her two grandchildren. Noa was killed in the explosion, along with her
granddaughter Gal Eisenman (5). Her daughter and infant grandson were seriously
injured. Noa and her husband Hanoch were among the founders of Ofra, where they
raised their four children. She worked as a kindergarten teacher for many years, and
had retired just two years ago.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gal Eisenman
5
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ma'aleh Adumim
Profile:
Gal Eisenman, 5, of Ma'ale Adumim, was one of seven people killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French
Hill. Gal Eisenman had gone in the afternoon with her mother and baby brother to an
end-year party organized by her grandmother, Noa Alon, a kindergarten teacher in
Ofra. They had returned to Jerusalem and were waiting at the French Hill junction for
the bus back home in Ma'ale Adumim. Gal, who was described as a "bundle of
energy with an impish smile that got her whatever she wanted," was killed along with
her grandmother. Her father, a doctor at Sha'are Zedek hospital, identified her body.
Her mother and brother were seriously injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Michal Franklin
22
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel South Africa Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Michal Franklin, 22, of Jerusalem, was one of seven people killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French Hill
intersection. Michal Franklin grew up in the Jewish quarter in the Old City of
Jerusalem, the eldest in a family of six. Her parents had immigrated to Israel from
South Africa. Michal attended the Zviya Ulpan Highschool, and did her national
service in Tiberias, working with underprivileged children. She had a beautiful voice
and loved to play the guitar. She was the niece of Israel's ambassador to South Africa,
Tova Herzl. On the day she was killed, Michal had just completed her courses for a
B.A. in educational counseling and history at the Orot College in Elkana - completing
the degree in just three instead of four years. She woke up in the morning, excited
about finishing her studies, and said, "What a wonderful day." Michal, who was on
her way to a celebratory dinner with her parents, saw her friend and fellow student,
Hadassah Jungreis, at the hitchiking stand at the French Hill junction, and stopped to
talk to her. Both were killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age:
Tatiana Igelski
Nationality:
Moldova
Profile:
Gender:
42
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jewish Moldova
Tatiana Igelski, 43, of Moldova, was one of seven people killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French Hill
intersection. Tatiana Igelski was in Jerusalem visiting her son, who immigrated to
Israel and serves in the army. "Tatiana's heart was divided between Moldova and
Israel," said her childhood friend, Larissa Colton.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hadassah Jungreis
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Migdal HaEmek
Profile:
Hadassah Jungreis, 20, of Migdal Haemek, was one of seven people killed when a
suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the
French Hill intersection in northern Jerusalem. Hadassah Jungreis, whose parents
immigrated to Israel from South Africa, was born in Afula and grew up in Migdal
Haemek. She attended primary school in at the Beit Ya'akov school in Haifa, and
high school at the Ulpana in Kfar Pines. She completed her national service and
began to study communications several months ago at the Orot College in Elkana.
She was on her way to visit her uncle, Zvika, who was to pick her up at the French
Hill junction. Her friend Michal Franklin saw her waiting and stopped to talk to her;
both were killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gila Sara Kessler
19
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel United States Jewish Eli
Profile:
Gila Sara Kessler, 19, of Eli, was one of seven people killed when a suicide bomber
blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French Hill
intersection. Gila Kessler grew up in Eli. A gifted gymnast and swimmer, she
attended the High School for the Arts in Jerusalem, majoring in dance, and completed
her high school studies in the United States. Gila was in the first year of her national
service, in the framework of the Jewish Agency, in a project of on-line learning with
Jewish communities abroad. Her parents were divorced several years ago, and her
father Ezra lives in the United States. The eldest in the family, she lived at home in
order to help her mother Brigette rather than staying in the apartment in Jerusalem
provided by the national service. She was killed on her way home.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shmuel Yerushalmi
17
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Jewish Shilo
Male
Residence:
Profile:
Shmuel Yerushalmi, 17, of Shilo, was one of seven people killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French Hill
intersection. Shmuel Yerushalmi was a student at the yeshiva high school in Itamar,
where three students killed on May 28, when a Palestinian gunman infiltrated the
community and opened fire on the teenagers. Shmuel, who was unharmed in the
attack, delivered a eulogy at the grave of his good friend, Avi Siton. Shmuel lived in
Shilo since the age of one. He was a counseler in the Bnei Akiva youth movement,
who could always be relied on if something had to be organized. He had spent the day
in Jerusalem to take and exam and visit his grandmother. He was mortally wounded
while waiting to catch a bus or a ride home, and died in hospital.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Saed Awadi
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Saed Awadi, 17, of Nablus was the suicide bomber in Wednesday's attack on a bus
station in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem, which killed seven Israelis.
Awadi was working with the Mourabitoun, a group not known to be active in the
area.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Israel
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Boston Globe
Terror Attack - Jun 18, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Patt Intersection - Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 19
Injured: 52
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus packed with schoolchildren
and office workers near the busy Patt Intersection in southern Jerusalem, killing 19
people and wounding 52.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mohammed al Ghoul
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Fara Refugee Camp
Profile:
Mohammed al Ghoul, 22, from the Fara Refugee Camp near the West Bank city of
Nablus, was the suicide bomber who blew himself up on a bus in Patt Intersection in
southern Jerusalem. Ghoul was a student in a master's program in Islamic studies at
the city's A Najah University.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Boaz Aluf
54
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Boaz Aluf, 54, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at the
Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A travelling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Boaz Aluf was on his way to work at the Tefahot Bank's computer department when
he was killed. Friends and relatives described him as "God-fearing and modest." His
wife Gila is a nurse at Kupat Holim. They celebrated their son Barak's bar mitzva just
a month ago.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shani Avi-Zedek
15
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Shani Avi-Zedek, 15, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing
at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of
Jerusalem. Shani Avi-Zedek, a 10th grade student at Boyer High School, was to have
flown next Sunday to Berlin as part of a youth delegation to meet with German youth;
she was chosen because she was an excellent student. Yesterday, she was on for a fun
day in the pool when she was killed. Shani, who would have been 16 next month, was
the second of four children. She danced for years in the Mehola dance troupe and as
part of her personal volunteer program, mentored the child of a disabled veteran.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Leah Baruch
Nationality:
Israel
Age:
Gender:
59
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Leah Baruch, 59, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A travelling from Gilo to the Center of
Jerusalem. Leah Baruch worked for the past 23 years at the President's official
residence, as head of housekeeping. She kept house for presidents Chaim Herzog,
Ezer Weizman and Moshe Katsav. Yitzhak Herzog, the late president's son recalled
yesterday this his parents hired Baruch as the first family's housekeeper and "a warm
personal relationship blossomed" between them during Herzog's years in office. Leah
was a compassionate woman - towards people, towards the cats and dogs she
adopted, and towards the plants she nurtured at the President's residence. She
immigrated to Israel from Iraq at the age of six, after the death of her father. As a
child, she was forced to help out supporting the family and learned to read and write
in evening classes. She lost her hearing and her sight in one eye as a result of
complications from a childhood illness. She was divorced many years ago, and raised
her two daughters alone.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mendel Bereson
72
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Mendel Bereson, 72, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing
at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of
Jerusalem. Mendel Bereson immigrated to Israel from S. Petersburg in 1991 with his
wife Sophia and daughter Nina. His son Simion had immigrated a year earlier. A
shoemaker in Russia, he continued in the same profession in downtown Jerusalem.
He was on his way to work when he was killed. Relatives said he loved life. "He was
the center of the entire family," they said. Mendel's son Simion said, "He was a true
Zionist who always said that the Jews have only one state. At the same time, until his
last day, he was optimistic and believed in peace with the Palestinians." Bereson was
a child during World War II and most of his family was killed in the Holocaust.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rafael Berger
28
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Rafael Berger, 28, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Rafael Berger was born in Jerusalem and graduated from the Hebrew University high
school. After completing his army service in the armored corps, he received a B.A.
degree in chemistry from Tel-Aviv University. Last month, he completed his Master's
degree in physical chemistry at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A year and a half
ago he married Orit Ezra, a music teacher. Rafael also loved music and literature. The
couple moved to Gilo nine months ago. In April 2002, Rafael was called up for
reserve army duty in the IDF anti-terrorist Operation Defensive Shield.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Michal Biazi
24
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Michal Biazi, 24, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Michal Biazi had not traveled by bus in years. She and her husband Barak, who were
married two years ago, were in their car, on their way to work, when she remembered
that she had forgotten the bag she had prepared with a change of clothes for a family
celebration later in the day. Barak went back home to get the bag. Michal, who did
not want to be late for work at the Ministry of Tourism, boarded the bus and was
killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tatiana Braslavsky
41
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tatiana Braslavsky, 41, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center
of Jerusalem. Tatiana Braslavsky immigrated to Israel 11 years ago from Samara,
Russia with her husband Alex and son Igor. An engineer, she worked for a
construction company and took her regular bus to work. Igor, 15, who used to
accompany her every morning, left the house early this time. "It was a miracle," said
friends.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Galila Bugala
11
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Jerusalem
Profile:
Galila Bugala, 11, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Galila Bugala was born in Israel to a family of Christian Ethiopians who immigrated
to Israel 20 years ago. Shortly after her birth, the family returned to Ethiopia, but four
years ago, they moved back to Jerusalem, where her parents worked in the hotel
industry. Galila attended the Paula Ben-Gurion school in Rehavia and was busy
planning her class's end-of-year party, of which she was in charge. This summer, her
family was moving to New York, as the tourism slump had cost her parents their jobs.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Raisa Dikstein
67
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Raisa Dikstein, 67, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Raisa Dikstein, divorced and without children, immigrated to Israel from Moscow in
September 2000. In Russia, she was a teacher and her only relative in Israel is a
nephew, Idan Dikstein. Her brother, Igor, lives in Moscow. Raisa was a teacher in a
technical college in Russia, and after retirement began to learn Hebrew and to
translate books from Hebrew to Russian, especially about the Holocaust. She was
attending classes at an ulpan in Jerusalem to improve her knowledge of Hebrew. She
was on her way to class when she was killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Moshe Gottleib
70
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center
of Jerusalem. Dr. Moshe Gottlieb boarded the bus in the morning en route to Bnei
Brak, where he was due to work with a group of children with Down's Syndrome. For
years, he had been treating them for free once a week. Gottlieb, who immigrated to
Israel with his family from the United States 24 years ago, was a chiropractor and
maintained a private practice in both Jerusalem and Bnei Brak.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Baruch Gruani
60
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Baruch Gruani, 60, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Baruch Gruani, a retired employee of Israel Military Industries, was born in
Jerusalem, and liked to describe his life in the divided city during his youth. His son,
Doron, described his father as "a religious man, careful to pray and study Torah - a
modest, quiet, humble man, who helped everyone who needed it." Yesterday, despite
the warnings that a suicide bomber had entered the city, he boarded the bus to visit a
friend downtown.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Orit Hayla
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Orit Hayla, 21, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at the
Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Orit Hayla immigrated to Israel with her family from Ethiopia when she was four
years old. Her family settled in Ashkelon. After finishing her studies at the
Washington Hill high school near Ashdod, she did national service, and then went to
study at Midreshet Atarot in Jerusalem. She lived in Gilo with a friend, and worked as
a saleswoman.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Helena Ivan
63
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Helena Ivan, 63, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Helena Ivan lived with pediatrician Dr. Irina Minei and her son Yon in Gilo. Yon
Minei said Helena was a lonely woman who had no relatives. She began to work for
the family about 35 years ago when she cared for Yon and his sister back in Romania.
Yon relates how Helena rescued him from an earthquake in Bucharest when he was
eight. Helena came to Israel with the Minei family 20 years ago. Yon's father, Dr.
Nicolai Minei, died three years ago. "She tied her fate to ours," said Yon. "She was
like a second mother to me." She cleaned houses in several places and left for work
each morning from their home, after walking the family's three dogs.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Iman Kabha
26
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Palestinian
Muslim Barta
Profile:
Iman Kabha, 26, of Barta, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at the
Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Iman Kabha, the sixth in a family of seven children from the Arab Israeli village of
Barta in the Lower Galilee, was a first year student at the David Yellin Teachers
College in Jerusalem, where he was studying special education and Hebrew. He had
been working for a few years, saving up to be able to study. He had phoned his father
a few days earlier to tell him about his good grades. Iman rented an apartment in Beit
Safafa together with two fellow students. Yesterday, he got up at 6 A.M. and left the
apartment at 7:35. Osama, one of his roommates, said, "He didn't want to be late for
his final meeting of the year with our pedagogical teacher at 8:30. He was handsome,
worked hard and everybody's friend. He loved to cook." He waited for the bus
together with other Arab students of the college from Beit Safafa. The terrorist was
waiting at the same bus stop.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shiri Nagari
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Shiri Nagari, 21, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Shiri Nagari was to have celebrated her 22nd birthday in 10 days and her family had
planned a surprise birthday party for her. Her brother Shahar, 15, said Shiri had
missed her regular bus to work at Bank Leumi in Jerusalem and he and their mother
had taken her on a short cut so she would not have to wait for the next one. Shiri was
mortally injured in the explosion and died on the operating table. Shiri, the third in a
religious family of five children, had long blonde hair which reached her ankles,
which she usually wore in a long braid. Her mother Esther works in the Central
Bureau of Statistics and her father Tuvia is a well-known dentist. She served in the
army as a teacher, working with young school drop-outs. Afterwards she traveled for
a year in the United States, and then for another year in South America. She returned
home on the eve of Passover this year.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gila Nakav
55
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Gila Nakav, 55, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at the
Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Gila Nakav lived in Gilo with her youngest daughter Noa. She was born in France
and immigrated to Israel 30 years ago to realize her mother's dream, after her mother,
a Holocaust survivor, died of cancer. At first, she lived in kibbutzim and then moved
to Jerusalem. For many years, she was a travel agent in Jerusalem and in recent
months began work in the offices of the archaeological excavations in the City of
David. Although relatives tried to persuade her to move somewhere else, she said she
loved Jerusalem and wanted to remain here.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yelena Plagov
42
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yelena Plagov, 42, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at
the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Yelena Plagov, a family doctor, was a new immigrant from Russia. Her husband,
Andrei, arrived about 18 months ago to get established and Yelena followed with
their three children six months ago. The couple found an apartment in Gilo. "Yelena
began studying Hebrew at an ulpan in the center of town and traveled to class on the
32A bus each morning," said Andrei. Their eldest daughter was supposed to
accompany her mother on Tuesday, but overslept.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Liat Yagen
24
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Liat Yagen, 24 of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at the
Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.
Liat Yagen took the same bus as her 16-year-old brother Yoni. He sat toward the
back with some of his friends while she sat toward the front. Yoni, who was lightly
injured; his sister was mortally wounded and died shortly afterwards in hospital. Liat
worked in a lawyers' office, after completing her national service in the police
headquarters.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rahamim Zidkiyahu
51
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Rahamim Zidkiyahu, 51, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide
bombing at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center
of Jerusalem. Rahamim Zidkiyahu, the driver of the bus that exploded, had worked as
an Egged driver since 1975. His cousin Yaron described him as a man full of the joy
of life - always smiling, an exemplary father, someone who always gave of himself to
others. He was also a devoted fan of the Betar Jerusalem soccer team and was its
regular driver for many years. Rahamim was killed in his seat, his hands still on the
steering wheel. He had replaced the scheduled driver, who was late for his shift. He
was planning to return home by 9:30 to see the soccer match between Japan and
Turkey. He had been planning to take his youngest son, Ron, to Euro Disney in Paris
to celebrate his bar mitzva next month.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Guerilla Attack - Jun 17, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Militant/Member of Terrorist Group
Near Tulkarem, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on Israel's frontier with the West Bank,
shortly after Israel angered the Palestinians by starting work on a security fence
between the two territories.
Further Details
At around 8 A.M. a Border Police patrol noticed a Palestinian youth walking through
a field in Israeli territory, near the communities of Zemer and Bahan. The policemen
ordered the youth to stop, but he ignored them, turning to face them as they
approached him and detonating the explosive device on his person.
Sources:
Reuters, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ala Araeshi
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Tulkarem Area
Profile:
The Palestinian suicide bomber who blew himself up along the seam line, north of
Tul Karm. According to reports, the youth was a carrier of the AIDS virus.
Palestinian sources said the youth contracted the disease after he received tainted
blood during an operation in Nablus.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Reuters, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Jun 11, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type:
Restaurant
Location:
No. Casualties:
Herzliya, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 11
Details:
A 15-year-old Israeli girl was killed and 11 others were wounded when a Palestinian
suicide bomber set off a relatively small pipe bomb at a popular shwarma restaurant
in Herzliya.
Further Details
The Herzliya blast occurred at around 7:50 P.M. and killed the bomber. The wounded
were taken to Meir Hospital in Kfar Sava and Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. One
person, who was critically wounded by shrapnel that sliced into much of his body,
was in surgery last night, and the 15-year-old died on the operating table after she
was severely wounded in the chest by the bomb. Another 15-year-old was also
seriously wounded. Witnesses said that the terrorist asked for a bottle of water at the
shwarma stand before setting off his bomb.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hadar Hershkowitz
14
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Herzliya
Profile:
Hadar Hershkowitz, 14, of Herzliya was killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber set
off a relatively small pipe bomb at a shwarma restaurant in Herzliya. Hadar was the
daughter of Aryeh Hershkowitz, Director-General of the Hapoel Tel-Aviv Soccer
Club. Hadar, a 9th grade student, was to have sung and danced in a special
performance of fairy tales created by the students at her graduation from the Ze'ev
Jabotinsky Junior High School next week.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Amed Ahmed Ziyada
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack in Herzliya on June 10, 2002. A 14 yearold girl was killed in the attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Terror Attack - Jun 5, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Megiddo Junction, Israel
Killed: 17
Injured: 50
Details:
A car packed with explosives blew up next to a bus near the Megiddo Junction in
Northern Israel at 7:15 local time. Seventeen Israelis were killed, and at least 50 were
wounded – 10 of them seriously.
Further Details
The #830 bus had left Tel Aviv at 5:50 A.M., bound for the town of Tiberias on the
shore of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinerret). According to witnesses, a car exploded
next to the bus as it pulled into a bus stop. The car was reduced to a lump of metal,
and the explosion lifted the entire bus into the air. The bus, reduced to a charred shell,
was still smoldering an hour later. Body parts and debris were scattered hundreds of
meters from the bus. Witnesses reported that some passengers were trapped alive
inside the burning bus, including one couple who hugged each other as they burned to
death.
Sources:
Reuters, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, Associated Press
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zion Agmon
50
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Zion Agmon, 50, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed with a
large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Attorney Zion Agmon was on
his way to the Tiberias Court House with his only son, Yuval, who was going to his
base near the Golani Junction. Yuval was injured in the blast. Zion served in the past
as a police prosecutor in Netanya, and afterwards opened a private practice in
Netanya. He also served on the directorate of the local radio station "Emtza
Haderech" and was a member of the Or Association which provided aid to the needy.
The Agmons moved to Hadera six years ago.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Liron Avitan
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Cpl. Liron Avitan, 19, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed with
a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Liron Avitan was on her
way to the Shimshon army base, for the last day of a course. She took the bus early in
the morning, after going to the local grocery to buy chocolate milk for her younger
siblings. "She was like a mother to her younger sister and brother and supported the
family in difficult moments, of which there were many," relatives said yesterday of
Liron. Liron's younger brother, Matan, was seriously injured in an accident a few
years ago.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avraham Barzilai
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Cpl. Avraham Barzilai, 19, of Netanya, was one of 17 people killed when a car
packed with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Avraham
Barzilai was on his way back to his base from an unexpected furlough. His father
accompanied him to the bus stop and saw him off about an hour before the terror
attack occured. Avraham graduated from the ORT High School in Netanya, majoring
in electronics. He postponed his army service to attend the ORT Hermlin College in
Haifa, but after six months decided to leave school and began his military service in
the Ordnance Corps.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dennis Bleuman
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Cpl. Dennis Bleuman, 20, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed
with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Cpl. Dennis Bleuman
was careful to take the express bus rather than buses that picked up passengers in
Wadi Ara, where he twice narrowly missed suicide attacks. Dennis, who immigrated
with his family from Ukraine in 1991, was a quiet soldier who was interested in
computers and loved to build software and music websites, which he began doing
when he was 15.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eliran Buskila
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
St.-Sgt. Eliran Buskila, 21, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed
with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. St.-Sgt. Eliran Buskila
was looking forward to becoming a career soldier in the Ordnance Corps and hoped
to rent an apartment with friends in Tiberias. Eliran grew up in Hadera, where he
attended at the Beit Shmuel Yeshiva. He was very interested in computers and
electronics, and liked to invent electronic devices.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Adi Dahan
17
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Afula
Profile:
Adi Dahan, 17, of Afula, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed with a large
quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Adi Dahan boarded the bus in TelAviv, where she had spent the evening with her boyfriend Noam, to return home to
Afula. The youngest in her family, Adi was an 11th grade student at the ORT School
in Afula. Her brother Shlomi (26) was killed two months ago in the Eilat mountains,
when his car fell from a cliff. Adi had been the family's mainstay since the accident.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zvi Gelberd
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
St.-Sgt. Zvi Gelberd, 20 of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed
with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. St.-Sgt. Zvi Gelberd
was on his way to the army base where he served when he was killed. He began his
military service in the Armored Corps, but transfered to a non-combattant post for
health reasons. Zvika was a football referee in the lower leagues, and was thought to
have a bright future in the sport. He was excited about the Mondial games. He was
also a talented artist, who had won a prize for his drawings.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Violetta Hizgayev
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Sgt. Violetta Hizgayev, 20, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed
with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Sgt. Violetta Hizgayev
took bus number 830 every day to the Ordnance Corps base where she served as a
technician. She was planning to attend university after completing her army service in
a few months. Her brother was also supposed to be on the bus, but had a doctor's
appointment, and his life was spared. Violetta immigrated to Israel with her mother,
brother and sister from the Northern Caucasus eight years ago. Their father had
passed away in Russia and their mother was killed in a car accident two years ago.
Since then, the three children lived with their aunt Mina in Hadera. Violetta graduated
from the Bosmat High School in Haifa, majoring in industry and management.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ganadi Issakov
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
St.-Sgt. Ganadi Issakov, 21, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car
packed with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Ganadi Issakov
was supposed to take a later bus yesterday, but left home early to replace a friend who
wanted to go off base. His commander planned to tell Issakov yesterday that he had
been granted his wish to be named non-commissioned officer in charge of computers
in his unit and that he would be promoted to sergent. Ganadi immigrated to Israel in
1998 with his family from Degastan, in the former Soviet Union. He began studying
at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, but decided to leave school to begin his army
service.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sariel Katz
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Sgt. Sariel Katz, 21, of Netanya, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed with
a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Sariel Katz would return
home every day, due to the ill health of his parents, and return to the base in the
morning. He was killed in the blast. Sariel's Commanding Officer described him as
one of the best soldiers he ever saw. He studied at the ORT Yad Leibowitz School in
Netanya, majoring in computers and electronics. He was active in the Young Maccabi
Youth Movement and volunteered to help the movement when he was on leave from
the army. He wanted to be an army officer.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yigal Nedipur
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Sgt. Yigal Nedipur, 21, of Netanya, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed
with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Sgt. Yigal Nedipur
served in the Ordnance Corps in a base near Afula. His father Roni drove him to the
bus stop in the morning of the terror attack. Raised in Netanya, where he attended the
ORT High School, Yigal worked as a waiter in Kfar Sava during his furloughs to help
his family's finances. He liked music and sports.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dotan Reisel
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Sgt. Dotan Reisel, 22, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed with
a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. The youngest in a family of
three, Sgt. Dotan Reisel was serving in the Ordnance Corps base near Afula and had
been in the army for about a year. He graduated from the Amal High School for
Science and Art in Hadera and also completed a degree in electronic engineering. His
friends describe him as fun-loving and as someone who loved to travel. He would
always go out shopping and spend time with friends during his furloughs from the
army. Prior to his conscription, Dotan had been a volunteer for the Magen David
Adom.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
David Stanislavksy
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
St.-Sgt. David Stanislavksy, 23, of Netanya, was one of 17 people killed when a car
packed with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. St.-Sgt. David
Stanislavksy immigrated to Israel from Ukraine four years ago with his mother Irena.
He was her only child. David had also already bought a plane ticket to travel to
Ukraine next month to become engaged to Victoria, a childhood friend. She was
going to come to live in Israel.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shimon Timsit
35
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Shimon Timsit, 35, of Tel-Aviv, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed with
a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Shimon Timsit was on his
way to the North, to take his final test for a diploma as a football coach, when a
terrorist blew up the bus. His wife, Claudine, told reporters yesterday that Shimon, an
avid cyclist, was known for his culinary expertise. He would go fishing and then
come home to cook the catch for the family and neighbours. He worked in the Powell
Cafe in Jaffa.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sivan Wiener
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Sgt. Sivan Wiener, 19, of Holon, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed with
a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. Sgt. Sivan Wiener turned 19
just one day before the bus bombing. She celebrated her birthday with her young
nieces at her brother's house, and in the evening, went out with friends to a Tel Aviv
club. She wanted to return to the army base that night, but her brother Dudo asked her
to wait until early morning when it is safer to travel. Next week she was to begin
training her first group of army recruits. The youngest in the family, Sivan majored in
sports and athletics at the Sharett High School. Before her enlistment in the army at
the end of 2001, she was a member of the Hora Re'im dance troupe from Holon, with
which she performed both in Israel and abroad.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hamza Aref Hassan Samudi
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin
Profile:
Hamza Aref Hassan Samudi, a PIJ suicide bomber, who detonated a car full of
explosives at the Megiddo Junction on 5 June 02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
Reuters
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eliahu Timset
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Sderot
Profile:
Six months after being killed in a terrorist attack, the 17th victim of the June 5
Megiddo Junction bus bombing has been identified as Eliahu Timset, 32, of Sderot, a
chronically unemployed man who lived with his parents. His 70-year-old father
Michael has been searching for Eliahu since, firmly believing him to be alive. The
last time they saw one another was on the morning of June 5 when Eliahu left home
in Sderot for a vacation in Tiberias. He had promised his sister Geula he would be
back for the weekend to take care of their ailing mother, but he never returned.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Vladimir Morari
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Cpl. Vladimir Morari, 19, of Hadera, was one of 17 people killed when a car packed
with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830. He immigrated to Israel
with his family from Moldavia about three years ago. Vladimir joined the army about
6 months ago and served in the Ordnance Corps.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - May 27, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Restaurant
Petah Tikvah, Israel
Killed: 2
Injured: 57
Details:
Two people--a toddler and an elderly woman -- were killed when a Palestinian
suicide bomber detonated a bomb filled with shrapnel at a shopping center in Petah
Tikvah.
Further Details
The bombing occurred at roughly 18:50 this evening at the Em HaMoshavot
shopping center in Petah Tikva, some 10 kilometers East of Tel-Aviv. The bomber,
described as an ordinary-looking young man wearing over-alls, walked into the
dining area of an ice cream parlor and detonated. Among the injured were many
children, who were inside the cafe and a nearby ice-cream parlor. Police said the
bomb used contained around 10 kilograms of explosives, packed with metal objects
to maximize the number of casualties. The perpetrator apparently tried to enter a
supermarket in the center, but was turned away by a security guard. Petah Tikva
Mayor, Yitzhak Ohayoun, said that the bomber arrived at the scene in a yellow
Subaru car packed with explosives, which was neutralized by police sappers.
Witnesses described a scene of carnage: body parts scattered among overturned tables
and chairs, blood and broken glass everywhere. Several blood-stained baby strollers
were evident among the ruins. Two infants were among the roughly 30 people
injured, which included many children who had been in the ice cream parlor.
Sources:
Israel Radio, Jerusalem Post, Ha'Aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Ruth Peled
Nationality:
Age:
Gender:
56
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Herzliya
Profile:
Ruth Peled, 56, of Herzliya and her infant granddaughter Sinai Keinan, aged 14
months, of Petah Tikva were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself near an
ice cream parlor outside a shopping mall in Petah Tikva. Lior and Chen Keinan had
gone to buy ice cream with their infant daughter Sinai and Chen's mother, Ruth Peled,
when the blast occurred. Ruth and Sinai were killed. The infant's parents were among
the 37 injured in the attack. "You are talking about their first child," a family member
said. "She was their whole world. They had gone for a walk and then stopped to rest
and buy ice cream." Ruth worked as an investigator for the Modi'in Ezrahi Company
and later as a medical secretary for the Mor Medical Institute. She suffered from
kidney failure, and on the morning of the explosion had undergone tests for a possible
transplant. Her husband, Natan, said: "If Ruthie had known that Sinai was killed, she
would not have wanted to live." Her daughter Chen said, "I would need 30 years to
write about my mother. It was 30 years of love, friendship and happiness. Not every
mother is also a friend."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sinai Keinan
1
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Herzliya
Profile:
Ruth Peled, 56, of Herzliya and her infant granddaughter Sinai Keinan, aged 14
months, of Petah Tikva were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself near an
ice cream parlor outside a shopping mall in Petah Tikva. Lior and Chen Keinan had
gone to buy ice cream with their infant daughter Sinai and Chen's mother, Ruth Peled,
when the blast occurred. Ruth and Sinai were killed. The infant's parents were among
the 37 injured in the attack. "You are talking about their first child," a family member
said. "She was their whole world. They had gone for a walk and then stopped to rest
and buy ice cream." Ruth worked as an investigator for the Modi'in Ezrahi company
and later as a medical secretary for the Mor Medical Institute. She suffered from
kidney failure, and on the morning of the explosion had undergone tests for a possible
transplant. Her husband, Natan, said: "If Ruthie had known that Sinai was killed, she
would not have wanted to live." Her daughter Chen said, "I would need 30 years to
write about my mother. It was 30 years of love, friendship and happiness. Not every
mother is also a friend."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Jihad Titi
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Balata
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the suicide bombing in Petah Tikvah on 27 May 02.
Cousin of Muhammed Titi, the local leader of the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Brigades, who
was killed in an Israeli attack the previous week.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Terror Attack - May 23, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Militant/Member of Terrorist Group
Tel Aviv, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 5
Details:
An Israeli security guard shot and killed the driver of a car packed with pipe bombs
as it sped towards a crowded nightclub in Tel Aviv.
Further Details
The attack on the Studio 49 Club was foiled when a guard opened fire at the driver of
a car which was speeding towards it at one o'clock in the morning, as hundreds of
revellers danced inside. His shots detonated explosives inside the vehicle. Five people
received light injuries in the blast.
Sources:
BBC News, CBS
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Amar Skukani
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Tulkarem
Profile:
Amar Shkukani drove an explosives-laden car toward a nightclub at the Tel Aviv
night club. Security guard Eli Federman spotted him and opened fire, wounding
Shkukani and detonating the explosives. There were no Israeli casualties in the attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Israel
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
BBC News, CBS
Terror Attack - May 22, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Rishon LeTzion, Israel
Killed: 2
Injured: 50
Details:
In Rishon LeTzion, a suicide bomber entered a semi-open public park at about 21:30,
mingled with a crowd of mostly elderly residents playing chess in the plaza, and
detonated. Two people were killed besides the bomber, a 15 year-old boy and a 65
year-old man.
Further Details
The attack occurred near Gan Ha'ir -- a place with sheltered benches for people to sit
which is often used by the elderly. According to the local police commander, the
terrorist did not arouse suspicions of the crowd. "He dyed his hair blond to
camouflage himself," said the police chief. He said it was not clear if the terrorist was
wearing an explosives belt or carrying the bomb in another manner. The bomb was
estimated to be large and packed full of shrapnel and nails.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Israel Radio, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Elmar Dezhabrielov
16
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeTzion
Profile:
Elmar Dezhabrielov, 16, of Rishon Lezion was one of the two victims of a suicide
bombing in the heart of the city. It was the second such attack in Rishon Letzion in
two weeks. Elmar immigrated to Israel in 1997 from Azerbaidjan, together with his
mother, sister and grandparents. His father had died in a car accident before the
family moved to Israel. In addition to being a 9th grade student at the Na'amat Timon
Technical School in Rishon Lezion, he took on part-time jobs in an effort to
contribute to his family's livelihood.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gary Tauzniaski
65
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeTzion
Profile:
Gary Tauzniaski, 65, of Rishon Lezion was one of the two victims of a suicide
bombing in the heart of the city. It was the second such attack in Rishon Letzion in
two weeks. Born in Ukraine, Gary and his mother survived World War II by hiding
from the Nazis in an apartment in Odessa. He and his wife immigrated to Israel three
years ago in order to be closer to Angela. Another daughter remained in Ukraine.
Tauzniaski contracted cancer of the throat 10 years ago, underwent surgery and has
been unable to speak ever since. His illness forced him to leave his job as a painter.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Issa Bdeir
16
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack in Gan Ha'Ir, Rishon LeTzion on 22 May
02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Associated Press
Terror Attack - May 19, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Marketplace
Netanya, Israel
Killed: 3
Injured: 59
Details:
Three people were killed and 59 injured - 10 seriously - when a suicide bomber,
disguised as a soldier, blew himself up in the market in Netanya.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, MFA
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yosef Haviv
70
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Yosef Haviv, 70, of Netanya was one of three Israelis killed when a suicide bomber
blew himself up in a crowded section of Netanya’s open-air market. Since retiring,
Yosef was in the habit of going to the Netanya esplanade to meet friends and
returning home via the open-air market. His son-in-law, Itzak, said Haviv enjoyed the
daily walk to the nearby market to do the family shopping. He wasn't afraid and
always said, "Nothing will happen to me." Miriam Fierberg, Mayor of Netanya, spoke
at his funeral and told of his love for the city during the 40 years he resided there.
Yosef Haviv immigrated to Israel from Iraq at the age of 18. He worked as a
construction worker until his retirement in 1984.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Victor Tatrinov
63
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Victor Tatrinov, 63, of Netanya was one of three Israelis killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself up in a crowded section of Netanya's open-air market. Victor
Tatrinov was retired. He had immigrated to Israel in 1997, together with his second
wife, Yelena. The couple resided together in Netanya until their divorce two years
ago. He had gone to the market to buy groceries when he was killed. Publication of
Victor Tatrinov's name was delayed until Israeli embassy and Jewish Agency officials
could locate his 90-year-old mother and two sons who reside in Russia, and inform
them of his tragic death. A sister resides in Ukraine.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Arkady Vieselman
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Arkady Vieselman, 39, of Netanya was one of three Israelis killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself up in a crowded section of Netanya's open-air market. Arkady
Vieselman was returning from his job as a hotel chef when he decided to stop at the
market. Seconds after Arkady entered, the suicide bomber struck, mortally injuring
Vieselman. Doctors fought for hours to save his life, but his injuries were too severe.
Arkady immigrated to Israel from Odessa in 1990 and worked at the Park Hotel,
Netanya for nearly a decade. He had been working as the Park Hotel's head chef on
March 27, 2002, when 29 people were killed and 150 were injured in the suicide
bombing of the hotel during the Passover Seder. Vieselman survived that attack
because he had gone to a downstairs pantry moments before the bomb went off. He
immediately ran to the dining room and helped to evacuate the wounded. After the
bombing, Vieselman called his family to say, "A miracle saved me."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the bombing in Netanya on 19 March 02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
find details
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - May 8, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Megiddo Junction, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian bomber standing at the busy Megiddo Junction exploded, possibly
prematurely, injuring only himself.
Further Details
Ha'aretz: Palestinian Human Rights Association Addameer said Zeidan Zeidan, 20,
from the West Bank town of Jenin, was carrying goods to sell in villages inside Israel
when soldiers fired at him, wounding him in the stomach. Police spokesman Gil
Kleiman said Zeidan was definitely carrying a bomb. "An explosion did occur, and
the bag that the bomber was carrying blew up," Kleiman said. Kleiman said there was
only partial detonation of the explosive device, and most of it did not blow up.
Kleiman said shots were fired, but he did not know if Zeidan was injured by gunfire.
Photos and video footage filmed shortly after the explosion show the bomber lying
semiconscious near a bus stop. No explosive device is visible. The Palestinian does
not appear to be badly wounded. Parts of Zeidan's face and hands are blackened. The
ground surrounding him appears to be covered with white powder, and small pieces
of debris are scattered around him. No Palestinian organization took responsibility for
the alleged explosion. Kleiman said the remains of the bomb were destroyed in a
controlled explosion. Zeidan was underguard at a hospital, he said.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zeidan Zeidan
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin
Profile:
Zeidan Zeidan was the would-be suicide bomber whose bomb blew up prematurely at
the Megiddo Junction on May 8, 2002. He was injured by detonation but not killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Comments:
Palestinian Human Rights Association Addameer said he was carrying goods to sell
in villages inside Israel when soldiers fired at him, wounding him in the stomach.
Police spokesman Gil Kleiman said Zeidan was definitely carrying a bomb.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - May 7, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Entertainment Facility Rishon Le Zion, Israel
Killed: 15
Injured: 60
Details:
A suicide bomber detonated a powerful bomb in a crowded billiards hall in Israel,
killing fifteen and wounding more than 50. The attack took place at the "Sheffield
Club" pool hall, on the third floor of a building in Rishon LeTzion, South of TelAviv. The building, located in a suburban industrial zone filled with shops, was about
a block distant from one of the country's largest shopping malls.
Further Details
Police said the attack was carried out by a lone terrorist who carried a suitcase full of
explosives, spiked with shrapnel and nails to cause maximum injury. Witnesses said
the bomber took a few steps into the crowded room shortly before 23:00 and
detonated. "There was no time to flee; no time to do anything," a survivor told Israel
Radio. The explosion blew out the entire front of the pool hall and caused part of the
ceiling to collapse. "It looks like a battlefield," said a television reporter, adding that
the ground outside was littered with body parts of people who had been flung out of
the building. According to hospital officials, some 60 people had been evacuated to
hospital, 16 of them in very serious condition. "Most of those injured were hurt as a
result of the explosion, not from the collapse of the building," said Avi Zohar, general
director of Magen David Adom (Israel's equivalent to the Red Cross). Rescue
workers said some of the dead were trapped under the collapsed roof. Firemen used
two cranes to clear away the debris to get to those buried underneath.
Sources:
Associated Press, Israel Radio, Channel 2 TV, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Pnina Hikri
60
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Pnina Hikri, 60, of Tel-Aviv was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Pnina Hikri was a housewife who raised four children in the Kfar
Shalem neighborhood in Southern Tel-Aviv. "Mom and Dad liked to go out and
enjoy themselves," said Assaf, her son. They went together to the Sheffield Club.
Pnina was killed in the blast. Her husband, Eliahu, was unharmed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rassan Sharouk
60
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Rassan Sharouk, 60, of Holon was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Rassan Sharouk was at the Sheffield Club with his wife, Shaku. He
had just gone to bring her something to drink when he was killed in the blast; Shaku
was lightly injured. The couple immigrated to Israel from Iran in 1974. Sharouk
worked for many years for the Bezek Phone Company and the Israel Electric
Company. He recently became religiously observant and studied in a yeshiva. He also
worked in a store that sells Jewish religious articles.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shoshana Magmari
51
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Shoshana Magmari, 51, of Tel-Aviv was one of 15 people killed when a suicide
bomber detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a
building in Rishon Lezion. Shoshana Magmari, who cared for children, had been on
leave while receiving treatment for cancer. After overcoming the cancer just a month
ago, she went out to celebrate with friends to the Sheffield Club, where she was
killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Anat Temporush
36
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ashdod
Profile:
Anat Teremforush, 36, of Ashdod was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Anat and Danny Teremforush went to the Sheffield Club with family
members. They told their three children they would be safe because the terrorist
attacks had stopped. Anat died instantly in the exlosion. Danny was injured, as were
Anat's mother, Hannah Almasi, and her sister Batsheva. "How do I tell my children
they don't have a mother?" asked Danny from his hospital bed. Anat and Danny had
been married for 12 years. Anat, an accountant by profession, worked the Jumbo
store in Ashdod so that she could devote time to her three sons: Eden (10), Din (7)
and Chen (5).
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rafael Haim
64
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Rafael Haim, 64, of Tel-Aviv was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Rafael Haim immigrated to Israel with his family from Iraq when he
was 11. He worked as a truck driver in the wholesale market, transporting fresh
produce until his retirement two months ago. Rafael went to the Sheffield Club on
Tuesday night for the first time with a friend from the wholesale market and was
killed in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Daliah Masa
64
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Nahalat Yehuda
Profile:
Dalia Masa, 56, of Nahalat Yehuda was one of 15 people killed when a suicide
bomber detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a
building in Rishon Lezion. Dalia Masa, who was widowed two years ago, had gone to
the Sheffield Club with a friend. She was mortally wounded in the explosion and died
on the operating table. Dalia worked as a cook at the WIZO youth village outside
Rishon Lezion. The children at the boarding school were deeply attached to her, and
hundreds attended her funeral.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nir Lovatin
31
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Herzliya
Profile:
Nir Lovatin, 31, of Rishon Lezion was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Nir Lovatin was born into a traditional family in Herzliya as the
youngest child in the family. He and Narkis, who had been living together for seven
years, were married four years ago. Nir owned a cleaning service and often met
clients at the Sheffield Club, where he was killed. He was anxiously looking forward
to the birth of their twins - a boy and a girl - in another four months. Narkis told her
unborn twins, "He wanted you two so much; he waited a long time for you two. He
was so happy about this pregnancy; it was our dream."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avi Bayaz
26
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Nes Tziona
Profile:
Avi Bayaz, 26, of Nes Ziona was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Avi Bayaz was in charge of a shift at the Kapulsky coffee shop in a
shopping mall located near the Sheffield Club. He was planning to go to a beach cafe,
and went into the club with a friend to call on another friend, who was waiting in the
club, when the bomb went off. Avi was killed instantly and his friend, Tomer Sasson,
was seriously injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rahamim Kimche
58
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeTzion
Profile:
Rahamim Kimhi, 58, of Rishon Lezion was one of 15 people killed when a suicide
bomber detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a
building in Rishon Lezion. Rahamim Kimhi, formerly an employee of the Israel
Aircraft Industries, became a taxi driver after suffering a serious work accident 12
years ago in which he lost a leg. On Tuesday night, he had gone to pick up a fare
from the Sheffield Club. When the customer did not come down, Rahamim went to
look for him and was killed in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Edna Cohen
61
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Edna Cohen, 61, of Holon was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Edna Cohen and her husband Avraham were celebrating their 44th
wedding anniversary at the Sheffield Club, where they often went with friends. Edna
was standing very close to the terrorist and was killed instantly. Avraham was
severely wounded. Edna was born in Holon, where she met and married Avraham.
She worked for many years as a seamstress, but had stopped working recently
because of ill health. Her daughter Miri, who lives near Hebron said fear of terrorist
attacks kept her mother from visiting her. "In the end she was killed in a terrorist
attack near her home," she said.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Israel Shikar
49
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeTzion
Profile:
Israel Shikar, 49, of Rishon Lezion was one of 15 people killed when a suicide
bomber detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a
building in Rishon Lezion. Israel Shikar, a plumber, grew up in Bat Yam. He married
his wife, Sarit, 27 years ago. He dreamed of having a villa, which he bought in
Rishon Lezion last year. Israel had gone to the Sheffield Club to collect payment
from a customer when he was killed in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yitzhak Bablar
57
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Yitzhak Bablar, 57, of Bat Yam was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Esther (Etti) and Yitzhak Bablar were childhood sweethearts. They
met in their teens and went out for two years. They parted when Etti moved with her
parents to the US. Each married and had children. Seven years ago, when Etti heard
that Yitzhak had divorced his first wife, she came to Israel to see him, went home to
divorce her first husband, and came back to marry Yitzhak. Yitzhak's daughter, Tali,
said, "They loved each other very much and had loved each all these years." Friends
described their love like "Romeo and Juliet". Yitzhak and Etti had gone out to dinner
and then stopped at the Sheffield Club. Yitzhak was killed instantly. Etti died the next
morning.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Esther Bablar
54
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Esther Bablar, 54, of Bat Yam was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Esther (Etti) and Yitzhak Bablar were childhood sweethearts. They
met in their teens and went out for two years. They parted when Etti moved with her
parents to the US. Each married and had children. Seven years ago, when Etti heard
that Yitzhak had divorced his first wife, she came to Israel to see him, went home to
divorce her first husband, and came back to marry Yitzhak. Yitzhak's daughter, Tali,
said, "They loved each other very much and had loved each all these years." Friends
described their love like "Romeo and Juliet". Etti had just returned from a visit to her
children in the US. The couple had gone out to dinner and then stopped at the
Sheffield Club. Yitzhak was killed instantly. Etti died the next morning.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Regina Malka Boslan
62
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Regina Malka Boslan, 62, of Jaffa was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Regina immigrated to Israel from Turkey alone as a young girl. Her
mother had died, and her father remained in Turkey with his family. She was married
twice; she had three children from her first husband and two daughters from her
second. Since the death of her second husband Daniel five years ago, Regina had
suffered from depression. Regina had gone to the Sheffield Club with two of her
friends. She and Nawa Hinawi were killed; the other friend was severely injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nawa Hinawi
51
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Christian
Tel Aviv
Profile:
Nawa Hinawi, 51, of Tel-Aviv was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in
Rishon Lezion. Nawa Hinawi, a hairdresser, had gone to the Sheffield Club with two
of her friends. She and Regina Boslan were killed; the other friend was severely
injured. The Hinawi family is a well-known Christian Arab family from Jaffa which
owned many stores and an import business. Nawa's dream of becoming a
grandmother soon, when both her daughters-in-law were to give birth, was cut short
when she was killed in the blast. Chairman of the Orthodox Council in Jaffa, Yusuf
Dik, said: "There is no difference today between Jews, Muslims and Christians. We
are all victims of terrorism, victims of hatred. We pray that Nawa will be the last
terror victim."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack on May 7, 2002 in a pool hall in Rishon
LeTzion.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - Apr 20, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Suicide Bomb
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Kalkilya, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian terrorist wearing an explosives belt was killed while attempting to
infiltrate Israel West of Kalkilya to perpetrate a suicide-bombing.
Further Details
The soldiers spotted the man approaching their position and called out to him to stop.
The man ignored their calls and soldiers opened fire in accordance with regulations.
Seconds later the man's belt exploded.
Sources:
the Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
A Palestinian terrorist wearing a belt of explosives was killed while attempting to
infiltrate Israel West of Kalkilya and perpetrate a suicide-bomb attack. The soldiers
spotted the man approaching their position and called out to him to stop. The man
ignored their calls and soldiers opened fire in accordance with regulations. Seconds
later the man's belt exploded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Unclear
High
Sources:
the Jerusalem Post
Guerilla Attack - Apr 19, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Militant/Member of Terrorist Group
Checkpoint in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber blow himself up at a military checkpoint in the Gaza
Strip. Two soldiers were slightly wounded.
Sources:
New York Times
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
A Palestinian suicide bomber who blew himself up at a military checkpoint in the
Gaza Strip
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
New York Times
Terror Attack - Apr 12, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Marketplace
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 6
Injured: 100
Details:
A female suicide bomber exploded a powerful charge in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda
open-air market on a Friday afternoon, killing six people and injuring more than 85.
Further Details
From the initial police investigation, it appears that the bomber had attempted to enter
the market place, but was deterred by the heavy police presence. She apparently
returned to the bus stop on Jaffa Road.
Sources:
Israel Radio, Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nissan Cohen
57
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Nissan Cohen, 57, of Jerusalem was killed by a woman suicide bomber who
detonated a powerful charge at a bus stop on Jaffa road next to the entrance to
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. Nissan Cohen immigrated to Israel as a
young boy with his family from Afghanistan in 1952. Twelve years ago, he moved
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Nissan worked in construction
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rivka Fink
75
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Rivka Fink, 75, of Jerusalem was killed by a woman suicide bomber who detonated a
powerful charge at a bus stop on Jaffa road next to the entrance to Jerusalem's
Mahane Yehuda open-air market. Rivka Fink was born in the Old City of Jerusalem,
the fourth generation of her family in the city. She was a nurse during the war of
1948.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Suheila Hushi
48
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Suheila Hushi, 48, of Jerusalem was killed by a woman suicide bomber who
detonated a powerful charge at a bus stop on Jaffa road next to the entrance to
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. Suheila Hushi imigrated to Israel with
her husband from Iran. She worked in an old-age home.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yelena Konrab
43
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yelena Konrab, 43, of Jerusalem was killed by a woman suicide bomber who
detonated a powerful charge at a bus stop on Jaffa road next to the entrance to
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ling Chang Mai
39
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
China
Christian
Fujian Province
Profile:
Ling Chang Mai, 39, a foreign worker from China, was killed by a woman suicide
bomber in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. Ling Chang Mai came to
Israel four months ago from Fujian Province in China. Mai worked as a builder for
the Aronson Company which constructs buildings in Jerusalem. Monthly, he would
send money back to his family in China. Mai lived in an apartment in the Pisgat Zeev
neighborhood of Jerusalem with other workers from China.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Chai Siang Yang
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
China
Christian
Fujian Province
Profile:
Chai Siang Yang, 32, a foreign worker from China, was killed by a woman suicide
bomber who detonated a powerful charge next to the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane
Yehuda open-air market. Chai Siang Yang came to Israel four months ago from
Fujian Province in China. Yang worked as a builder for the Aronson Company which
constructs buildings in Jerusalem. Monthly, he would send money back to his family
in China.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Andaleeb Takataqah
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Beit Fajar
Profile:
Suicide bomber who blew herself up at a bus stop next to Jerusalem's Mahane
Yehuda market on Friday, April 12, 2002. Andaleeb Takataqah was a 20-year-old
seamstress from Beit Fajar, a village located between Bethlehem and Hebron.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Apr 10, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Yagur Junction, Israel
Killed: 8
Injured: 22
Details:
A suicide bomber blew up on an express bus during morning rush hour in northern
Israel, killing at least eight. The bus was travelling from Haifa to Jerusalem, but was
still on the outskirts of Haifa when the blast occurred.
Further Details
The express route bus had left the new Haifa Bay Bus Station at 7:00 AM. The
suicide bomber, from the Jenin Refugee Camp, boarded the bus wearing IDF fatigues
and carrying an army conscript bag in order to avoid drawing attention. Just after
passing the Yagur Junction, he detonated his explosives belt, killing 8 and wounding
22.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Michael Weissman
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Yam
Profile:
Sgt. Michael Weissman, 21, of Kiryat Yam was one of eight people killed in a suicide
bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which exploded near
Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shimon Stelkol
33
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Yam
Profile:
Prison Warr.Off. Shimshon Stelkol, 33, of Kiryat Yam was one of eight people killed
in a suicide bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which
exploded near Kibbutz Yagur. Shimshon Stelkol worked as a warden at the Ashmoret
prison in the Sharon area. There, for a time, he was responsible for guarding Hamas
leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Shimshon did not usually take the No. 960 bus to work
and his wife Sigal was not worried when she heard about the bomb.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Noa Shlomo
18
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Nahariya
Profile:
Border Police Lance Cpl. Noa Shlomo, 18, of Nahariya was one of eight people killed
in a suicide bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which
exploded near Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa. Noa, the niece of Israel's Ambassador to
the UN Yehuda Lancry, was raised in Nahariya. She graduated from the Amal high
school, majoring in film and television. She also was a member of the school dance
group, and had received an award for her photography skills. She recently refused an
offer to study ballet in London so that she could finish her military service.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ze'ev Hanik
24
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Karmiel
Profile:
Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Ze'ev Hanik, 24, of Karmiel was one of eight people killed in a suicide
bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which exploded near
Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa. Ze'ev Hanik, a combat medic in the Givati Brigade,
was called to reserve duty during the Passover holiday. He was returning by bus with
Shlomi Ben Haim and Nir Danieli to their reserve service in Bethlehem, when they
were killed in the explosion.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Keren Franco
18
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Yam
Profile:
Border Police Lance Cpl. Keren Franco, 18, of Kiryat Yam was one of eight people
killed in a suicide bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem,
which exploded near Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Nir Danieli
Nationality:
Israel
Profile:
Age:
Gender:
24
Male
Religion:
Jewish Kiryat Ata
Residence:
Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Nir Danieli, 24, of Kiryat Ata was one of eight people killed in a
suicide bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which
exploded near Kibbutz Yagur. Nir Danieli was returning by bus with Shlomi Ben
Haim and Ze'ev Hanik to their reserve service in Bethlehem, when they were killed in
the explosion.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shlomi Ben Haim
27
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Yam
Profile:
Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Shlomi Ben Haim, 27, of Kiryat Yam was one of eight people killed in
a suicide bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which
exploded near Kibbutz Yagur
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avinoam Alfia
26
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Ata
Profile:
Avinoam Alfia, 26, of Kiryat Ata was one of eight people killed in a suicide bombing
on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which exploded near Kibbutz
Yagur, east of Haifa.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ayman Abu al-Haijah
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin refugee camp
Profile:
Ayman Abu al-Haijah from the Jenin refugee camp carried out the suicide bombing
on the bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which exploded near Kibbutz
Yagur, east of Haifa. Haijah wore IDF fatigues and carried an army conscript bag in
order to avoid drawing attention.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Apr 2, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Militant/Member of Terrorist Group
Roadblock near Bakka al-Sharkiya, West
Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a roadblock near Bakka al-Sharkiya when IDF
soldiers opened fire at him.
Further Details
Soldiers spotted a Palestinian approaching the roadblock and ordered him to stop. As
the Palestinian continued approaching, the soldiers first fired warning shots in the air
and then shot him. This set off an explosive belt the Palestinian was wearing, killing
him. None of the soldiers was hurt.
Sources:
the Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Akram Khalifa
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
A suicide bomber blew up at a roadblock near Bakka al-Sharkiya after IDF soldiers
shot at him.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Comments:
Check age.
Sources:
the Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Apr 1, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 2
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a Jerusalem roadblock, killing
an Israeli policeman and injuring two other Israelis.
Further Details
The car exploded after a police officer at a road-block on Nevi'im and Shivtei Yisrael
streets stopped it for a security check. The policeman died on the way to the hospital.
It is unclear whether the car itself was rigged or the terrorist was carrying a bomb.
Police suspects that the attacker intended to drive the car to a pub or restaurant in a
West Jerusalem area.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rami Shuani
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
The terrorist who detonated a car bomb at a Jerusalem roadblock on 01 April 02.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Comments:
Check age.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tomer Mordechai
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Policeman Tomer Mordechai, 19, of Tel-Aviv, was killed in Jerusalem, when a
Palestinian suicide bomber driving toward the city center blew himself up after being
stopped at a roadblock. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack. Tomer was a volunteer in the Civil Guard. He graduated from Alliance
High School in Tel Aviv. When he was drafted into the army in November 2001, he
fought to be allowed to complete his compulsory service in the police force. About
two months ago, he entered the police force in the Yarkon District. Still in training,
he was sent to reinforce the Jerusalem police when he was mortally wounded at the
roadblock.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Mar 31, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Haifa, Israel
Killed: 15
Injured: 30
Details:
A Palestinian bomber targeted a restaurant in Haifa Sunday morning, killing fifteen
people and injuring more than 35.
Further Details
The bomber walked into the "Matza" Middle Eastern food restaurant in Haifa's Neve
Sha'anan neighborhood, near the city's largest shopping mall at roughly 14:45. He
detonated a "significant quantity" of explosives, packed with nails and shrapnel
among the diners.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sh'hadi Al-Tubas
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin
Profile:
Sh'hadi Tubasi, a Hamas activists, was the suicide bomber that detonated an
explosive device in "Matza" restaurant in Haifa.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Comments:
According to Palestinian sources he was 24 years old.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Suheil Adawi
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Muslim Turan
Profile:
Suheil Adawi, 32, of Turan was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in
Haifa, in the Matza restaurant of the gas station near the Grand Canyon shopping
mall. The Matza restaurant was managed by the Adawi family from the Arab town of
Turan in the Lower Galilee. Suheil Adawi worked as a waiter in the restaurant.
Sunday was his day off, but he came in to fill in for his brother Mundir who took the
day off. Suheil was killed in the blast; five other family members were wounded,
among them the owner of the restaurant. Suheil Adawi, married with a four-year-old
son, was part of an extended family from whose members included judges, lawyers,
and businessmen with extensive connections in the Jewish community. His wife is
due to give birth to their second child next month.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dov Chernevroda
67
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Dov Chernevroda, 67, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in
Haifa, in the Matza restaurant of the gas station near the Grand Canyon shopping
mall. Architect Dov Chernevroda ate nearly every day at the Matza restaurant, where
he met his death. Dov was born in Tel Aviv, and moved to Kibbutz Misgav Am,
where he met his late wife, Ilana. At the end of the 60s the family moved to Kibbutz
Beit Oren, and a year later to Haifa. Ilana was an advisor to the mayor of Haifa on the
status of women, and a well-known political activist. She died five years ago of
cancer. Dov was very active in left-wing political events, and before the Oslo
Accords was instrumental in arranging meetings between Faisal Husseini and wellknown Israeli personalities. He was also active in the Mapam and Meretz parties. He
was always optimistic about the peace process, said his son Shaul, and worked all his
life for peace and co-existence.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shimon Koren
55
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Shimon Koren was having lunch at the Matza restaurant with his two sons. His wife
Rachel was supposed to join them, but at the last minute backed out of the date. A
few minutes before the explosion, her husband called to ask if she wanted him to
bring home some take-away. Shimon was killed along with his sons Ran and Gal.
Shimon Koren managed Zim's Mediterranean lines. Friends described him as the son
of Holocaust survivors, full of humor and wisdom who loved two things in particular
- being with his family, and the Manchester United football team. The family lived in
England for several years when he was there on assignment for Zim, and, said
friends, Shimon's love of football and the team, infected his two sons.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Moshe Levin
52
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Moshe Levin had stopped in the restaurant briefly to buy humous to take home. His
daughter Anat was spared because she opted to wait for her father in the car. Moshe
was killed in the explosion. Moshe, an attorney, was assistant legal adviser for the
Haifa district of the Israel Lands Administration, where he had worked since 1994.
He was professional and well-like by his co-workers. "As a person, he was tolerant
and friendly; as a professional, he was demanding," one said. He loved the land of
Israel and its landscapes.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Carlos Yerushalmi
52
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Karkur
Profile:
Carlos Yerushalmi, 52, of Karkur was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in
Haifa, in the Matza restaurant. Carlos Yerushalmi died two days later of injuries
sustained in the attack. Carlos immigrated to Israel from Argentina with his family
ten years ago, first to Kibbutz Metzer and then to Karkur. He was a television
producer and well-loved teacher of electronic communications. Carlos went to the
Matza Restaurant with his friend Carlos Wegman, who was killed instantly. Carlos
"so believed in peace, and in our living here - Jews and Arabs together," said Carlos's
wife. His family donated his organs for transplants; one of his kidneys was
transplanted into an Armenian woman from Beer Sheva.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Daniel Carlos Wegman
50
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Daniel Carlos Wegman, 50, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in Haifa, in the Matza restaurant. Wegman immigrated to Israel in 1973
from Argentina. He studied at the Technion in Haifa and ran an office for engineering
and construction. Father of two grown daughters, he had planned to be married for
the second time this summer to Marie Zlotnik, whom he had known for three years.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Danielle Manchell
22
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Danielle Manchell, 22, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in
Haifa, in the Matza restaurant. Danielle, the eldest of four children, grew up in Rome,
where her father was studying, until the age of 10. She served in the army as a
teacher, and was completing her matriculation exams at the Ankori external high
school in Haifa. She dreamed of studying in Rome. She lived in a rented apartment in
the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood and worked as a waitress
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ran Koren
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Ran Koren, 18, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in
the Matza restaurant. Ran Koren was having lunch at the Matza restaurant with his
father, Shimon, and younger brother, Gal. His mother Rachel was supposed to join
them, but at the last minute backed out of the date. A few minutes before the
explosion, Shimon called to ask if she wanted him to bring home some take-away.
Ran was killed along with his father and brother. Ran was a 12th grader at the Reali
school, considered Haifa's best. He is described by his friends as always having a
smile on his face. He loved sports and was always riding his skateboard.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gal Koren
15
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Gal Koren, 15, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in
the Matza restaurant. Gal Koren was having lunch at the Matza restaurant with his
father, Shimon, and older brother, Ran. His mother Rachel was supposed to join
them, but at the last minute backed out of the date. A few minutes before the
explosion, Shimon called to ask if she wanted him to bring home some take-away.
Ran was killed along with his father and brother. Gal attended junior high the Reali
school, considered Haifa's best. He was artistic and loved to draw.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Orly Ophir
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Orly Ofir, 16, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in
the Matza restaurant. Orly Ofir was having lunch with her mother and two sisters at
the Matza restaurant when the blast occurred. Her sister Roni was lightly injured.
Although Orly spoke to them in the ambulance, she died of her wounds shortly after
arriving at the hospital. Orly was a high school student, and played on the Maccabi
Haifa girls' soccer team. Yesterday the head of the team, Shuki Frankel, described
Orly as an outstanding player. Her friends described her as a very special girl, with a
lively, cheerful personality.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Aviel Ron
54
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Aviel Ron, 54, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in
the Matza restaurant. After taking his daughter Anat shopping for clothes, Aviel Ron
was eating lunch with his wife Carmit and their two children at the Matza restaurant.
Only Carmit survived the blast, lightly wounded in the leg. Aviel Ron was a colonel
in the reserves, in the Artillery Corps, and was one of the planners of the Merkava 3
tank. He was General Manager of the Survey of Israel, a unit of the Ministry of
Housing which produces cartographic maps for the State of Israel. He loved
exercising and particularly enjoyed long bicycle trips. Lately he had opted to stay
within the Carmel area for security reasons.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Anat Ron
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Anat Ron, 21, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in
the Matza restaurant. After going shopping for clothes with her father, Anat Ron was
eating lunch with her parents and her brother Ofer at the Matza restaurant. Only her
mother Carmit survived the blast, lightly wounded in the leg. Anat Ron completed her
army service last year. She spent last summer working with handicapped children in a
Jewish Agency camp in America and planned to return this summer. She hoped to
study occupational therapy.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ofer Ron
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Ofer Ron, 18, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in
the Matza restaurant. Ofer had planned to go to the shore on Sunday. But because of
the bad weather he decided to go with his parents, Aviel and Carmit and his sister
Anat, 21, to the restaurant. Only his mother Carmit survived the blast, lightly
wounded in the leg. A 12th grade student, Ofer was studying architecture. He planned
to join a Golani unit in the army.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age:
Ya'akov Shani
Nationality:
Gender:
53
Male
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Ya'akov Shani, 53, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in
Haifa, in the Matza restaurant. Ya'akov Shani had gone with his wife Dalia to visit
her elderly mother, and Ya'akov had fixed her shutters. "Then he went to eat at the
restaurant, as he did almost every day. He wanted me to go with him, but I had to stay
with my mother who was sick." Ya'akov was killed in the blast. Shani, an engineer by
profession, was director-general of the Israeli company ABB. He is also survived by
his two children, a son who is studying in America and a daughter who is married.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Adi Shiran
17
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Adi Shiran, 17, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in
the Matza restaurant. Adi Shiran was eating lunch with her parents, Shimon and Hili
at the Matza restaurant. Adi was killed in the blast; her parents were injured. Both are
unconscious in intensive care at Ramban Hospital in Haifa - Shimon in critical
condition and Hili in very serious condition. Adi wrote music and sang, and was a
member of the school singing group. She dreamed of being accepted into an army
performing troupe and of studying acting in London.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Mar 31, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Efrat, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 4
Details:
A 17-year-old suicide bomber exploded himself near a medical station in Efrat.
Further Details
In Efrat, around 5 P.M., a 17-year-old wearing a five kilograms' explosives belt,
climbed into the settlement from Wadi Nis and headed on foot toward the commercial
center. Spotted by a resident, the terrorist ignored calls to halt and continued walking
toward the commercial center, on his way passing near the paramedic station. The
resident called out to a soldier on duty at the paramedic station, who in turn called for
the youth to halt. But he didn't, and as the soldier approached, the youth blew himself
up, critically wounding the soldier and moderately wounding three other paramedics.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Jamil Khalaf Hamid
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Bethlehem
Profile:
A 17-year-old suicide bomber exploded himself in Efrat settlement.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Mar 30, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Tel Aviv, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 30
Details:
Around 25 people were wounded, five seriously when a suicide bomber detonated an
explosive device at approximately 9:30 P.M. in the "My Coffee Shop" cafe on the
corner of Allenby and Bialik Streets in downtown Tel Aviv. A young woman later
died of sustained injuries.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Muhanad Salahat
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Muhanad Salahat, A Martyrs of al-Aqsa activist, was the suicide bomber who
detonated an explosive device in the "My Coffee Shop" cafe in Tel Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rachel Charhi
36
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat-Yam
Profile:
Rachel Charhi, 36, of Bat-Yam, died five days after being critically injured in a
suicide bombing in a cafe on the corner of Allenby and Bialik streets in Tel-Aviv on
March 30. Rachel and her husband Ben-Zion, who was among the injured, saw the
terrorist and tried to escape but did not succeed, reported Rachel's siblings. Rachel
was a secretary at an accounting firm. Her daughter had often suggested she quit her
job so as not to have to ride the busses, but Rachel told her not to worry. On the day
of the attack, Rachel and Ben-Zion thought to dine in a different cafe but chose My
Coffee Shop instead, since it was less crowded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Mar 29, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 2
Injured: 30
Details:
An Israeli man and a young woman were killed and more than 30 others injured in a
suicide bombing carried out by a woman, at a supermarket on Uruguay Street in
Jerusalem's Kiryat Yovel neighborhood shortly before 2 P.M. on Friday.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ayat Akhras
18
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Deheisheh Refugee Camp
Profile:
Ayat Akhras, 18, the female suicide bomber who detonated herself at a supermarket
in Kiryat Yovel - Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
High
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rachel Levy
17
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Rachel Levy, 17, of Jerusalem, was one of two people killed when a female suicide
bomber blew herself up in the Kiryat Yovel supermarket in Jerusalem. Rachel Levy
was a senior at the Sieff High School. Fellow pupils from her photography class at
school said that she was an excellent pupil, and that an exhibition of Rachel's
photographs is being held at her school.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Haim Smadar
55
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Haim Smadar, 55, of Jerusalem, was one of two people killed when a female suicide
bomber blew herself up in the Kiryat Yovel supermarket in Jerusalem. Haim Smadar,
who worked as a guard at a school, was only working as a security at the supermarket
in Jerusalem's Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood during the Passover holidays. Haim, was
born in Tunis and immigrated to Israel when he was two years old. He grew up in
Jerusalem. He married soon after completing his army service, and soon divorced. In
1977, father to a son of 7, he met and married his second wife, Shoshana. He was
well known for his diligence and good relations. He received a certificate of
appreciation from the Jerusalem Municipality last year, for dedication and excellence
in his job as a security guard at educational institutions. The school at which he
worked is attended by autistic children, children with communication difficulties and
normal children. Haim was like another parent to the children, who were very
attached to him. He would greet each child arriving at school by name. "It is so
characteristic of him that he was the one to block the terrorist from entering the
supermarket," said one of the parents. "Shoshana, if a suicide bomber ever comes
close to my school, he will not get past me. With my own body I would stop him,"
remembers his wife.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Mar 27, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Netanya, Israel
Killed: 30
Injured: 150
Details:
Twenty-nine Israelis were killed and around 150 were wounded when a suicide
bomber detonated an explosive device in the dining room of the Park Hotel in
Netanya.
Further Details
The bomber was identified as a member of the Hamas, Iz a Din al-Kassam Brigades,
from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which is just 10 kilometers (six miles) East of
Netanya. He was on the list of wanted terrorists Israel had requested to be arrested.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Abed Al-Basat Muhammad Ouda
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Tulkarem
Profile:
Abd Al- Bassat Uda, a Hamas activist, was the suicide bomber that detonated an
explosive device in the dining room of the Park Hotel in Netanya. Before the
outbreak of the Palestinian war, he had been employed in Netanya at several
restaurants. Tulkarm residents believe Odeh became a bomber because he wanted to
avenge Israel's killing of Palestinians but he was also bitter over the army's refusal to
allow him to leave the West Bank to visit his fiancee in Baghdad. Joining the Islamic
group Hamas, he went into hiding after learning he was on Israel's list of wanted
militants. Odeh's familiarity with Netanya's beachfront may have helped him make
his way into the Park Hotel as 300 people sat down for a communal seder, the ritual
meal ushering in Passover, the celebration of the Jews' biblical exodus from Egypt.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Reuters
Name:
Age: Gender:
Anna Yakobovitch
78
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Anna Yakobovitch, 78, of Holon was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover holiday
seder. She died on 11 April.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shula Abromovitch
63
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Shula Abramovitch, 63, of Holon was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover holiday
seder. Shula Abramovitz, 63, from Holon, was killed in the Park Hotel attack and her
husband Mordechai was injured. She is survived by two daughters. Shula Abramovitz
was born in Poland, and immigrated to Israel as a teenager. She lived most of her life
in Holon. She worked in the accounting department of a textile plant in Holon, where
she met her husband. After her marriage, she focused her energies on raising her two
daughters. In recent years, Shula and one daughter became Orthodox.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
David Anichovitch
70
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
David Anichovitch, 70, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya. David was born in Poland and fought
in World War II. He immigrated to Israel from Russia in the 1950's. Here he met and
married Frieda, born in Czechoslovakia. He worked in industry until his retirement
and then moved to Netanya.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avraham Beckerman
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ashdod
Profile:
Sgt.-Maj. Avraham Beckerman, 25, of Ashdod was one of 30 people killed in a
suicide bombing in the Park Hotel. Avraham Beckerman grew up in Ashdod. He
served at the Tel-Nof Air Force base in the helicopter squadron as a flight mechanic,
and hoped to become an officer. Avraham was also a diving instructor, both in
Ashkelon and in Eilat.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shimon Ben-Aroya
42
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Male
Residence:
Shimon Ben-Aroya, 42, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the Park Hotel. His wife Corrine was seriously injured in the blast. Their three
children were also injured, as were Corrine's parents, Gabi and Rachel Shimla,
Corrine's brother Eli Shimla, his wife Sigalit and their four children - the youngest,
Gabriel, 5, was seriously injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Andre Fried
47
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Andre Fried, 47, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Andre Fried immigrated to Israel from Hungary with his wife Idit in the
late 1970s. Andre was a successful and well-known dentist with two clinics in
Netanya. During the last few years, they celebrated the Passover seder at the Park
Hotel, a short walk from their home in Netanya. This year they were to celebrate
together with Andre's mother and step-father, Idit's mother, and their two children.
The children phoned to say they were delayed; Idit and Andre Fried were both killed,
as was Andre's stepfather, George Yakobovitch and mother Anna.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Idit Fried
47
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Idit Fried, 47, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Idit Fried immigrated to Israel from Hungary with her husband Andre in
the late 1970s. She was a nurse in Laniado Hospital and also helped Israelis arrange
to study medicine in Hungary.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Miriam Gutenzgan
82
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Gan
Profile:
Miriam Gutenzgan, 82, Ramat Gan was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the Park Hotel. Miriam Gutenzgan worked for years as a nurse. After retirement,
she was active in volunteer work and provided clothes to the needy. Her name
changed from Oren to Gutenzgan when she married Shmuel Gutenzgan, a former
diamond merchant.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Amiram Hamami
44
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Amiram (Ami) Hamami, 44, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the Park Hotel. Ami Hamami, the Park Hotel manager and security
officer, was married to Corinne, the hotel owners' daughter, but she was not at the
seder. The couple have six children, ages 6 to 20. Two of his sons, Yair, 13, and
Yotam, 16, were saved because they were on the second floor playing backgammon.
They came down for the seder minutes after the explosion. Another son, seven, was
slightly wounded in the leg. Ami reportedly saw the terrorist enter the hotel and
chased him, but was fatally injured and later died of his wounds two days later.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Perla Hermele
79
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Sweden
Jewish Sweden
Profile:
Perla Hermele, 79, of Sweden was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Perla was born in Poland. In the early 1930s, her family moved to
Sweden where she was married and gave birth to two sons. Perla was active in the
Jewish community in Stockholm, both in Keren Hayesod and the Jewish Agency. For
25 years, Perla has been coming to Israel to celebrate the seder, even after her
husband passed away six years ago.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dvora Karim
73
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Dvora Karim, 73, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Dvora, who immigrated to Israel from Iran, married Michael Karim, and
the couple lived for many years in Bet Shemesh. They moved to Netanya 20 years
ago. Dvora was active in WIZO, and worked with young children in a Na'amat
nursery.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age:
Michael Karim
Gender:
78
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Michael Karim, 78, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel. Michael Karim, who immigrated to Israel from Iran, worked for many
years in a senior position in the Jewish National Fund. He married Dvora, and the
couple lived for many years in Bet Shemesh. They moved to Netanya 20 years ago.
Michael Karim was a devoted community worker and was active in the Iranian
Jewish community. Last week Karim met with President Moshe Katsav to discuss a
plan to establish a senior citizens' facility for the Iranian community. Recently Karim
purchased a Torah scroll for his community's synagogue. Relatives speculated
yesterday that Karim might have made such a purchase because he knew that his end
was near - his health had been poor lately.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yehudit Korman
70
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat HaSharon
Profile:
Yehudit Korman, 70, of Ramat Hasharon was one of 30 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the Park Hotel. Although Yehudit and her husband had celebrated the
seder for many years at the Park Hotel, they were not planning to attend this year.
However, when the hotel phoned and offered to host them at last year's price, they
agreed to "travel to the front". "We mustn't give in to them. We must continue and
live without fear," said Yehudit, who was killed in the blast. Her husband Eliezer, 74,
was seriously injured. Yehudit Korman's parents immigrated to Israel from Russia in
1931 and were among the founders of Ramat Hasharon. Yehudit, born a year later,
lived on the site of her parent's home her whole life, and her children were born and
raised there.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Marianne Lehmann Zaoui
77
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Marianne Lehmann Zaoui, 77, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the Park Hotel. Marianne Lehmann, a Holocaust survivor, was born in
Germany. She fled to France during World War II, where she hid in a village near
Lyon under an assumed identity, attending a Catholic school together with her sister.
After the war, Marianne studied in England and taught English for many years in high
schools in France. After an unsuccessful early marriage, she married Lucien Zaoui.
They lived in Pau, in southern France, where their two children, Deborah and Bernard
were born.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Lola Levkovitch
70
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Lola Levkovitch, 70, of Jerusalem was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the Park Hotel. Lola Levkovitch lived alone in the Arnona neighborhood in
Jerusalem. Her daughter Elisheva, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
live in Paris. Elisheva had invited her mother to celebrate Passover with them in
Paris, but Lola had promised a friend, who was alone, to spend the seder with her in
the Park Hotel in Netanya. Lola was killed in the blast.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Furuk Na'imi
62
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Furuk Na'imi, 62, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Furuk and Nusrat Na'imi immigrated to Israel from Iran 18 years ago.
They were invited by friends to celebrate the Passover seder at the Park Hotel. Furuk
was killed in the blast; Nusrat was wounded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eliahu Nakash
85
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Eliahu Nakash, 85, of Tel-Aviv was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel. Eliahu Nakash immigrated to Israel from Syria in 1948. After his wife
Leah passed away, he remarried 11 years ago. Eliahu worked for many years as a
fruit and vegetable dealer in Holon. He had a large garden at his home, where he
grew herbs, vines and fruit trees. Eliahu Nakash had no children. A religious man, he
devoted much of his time to the local synagogue. Eliahu Nakash had gone to Netanya
with his wife Geula for the Passover seder. He was killed in the blast; his wife was
injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Irit Rashel
Nationality:
Israel
Profile:
Age:
Gender:
45
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jewish Moshav Herev La'Et
Irit Rashel, 45, of Moshav Herev La'et was one of 30 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the Park Hotel. Irit was born and raised in Moshav Herev La'et, in the
Sharon area. She married Israel Rashel, a former Prisoner of Zion in Soviet Russia
who immigrated to Israel. Israel heads the Jewish Agency office in Odessa, where he
works with young potential immigrants. He visited home last week but returned to
Odessa to arrange a seder for 100 Jews.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yulia Talmi
87
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Yulia Talmi, 87, of Tel-Aviv was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Yulia Talmi immigrated to Israel from Russia in 1933. Until the death of
her husband, the family used to hold the seder at the family's small apartment near
Rabin Square. This was the first time that Yulia and her childhood friend Chanah
Rogan had decided to spend the holiday at a hotel. The family lost another family
member, a sister-in-law, Aya Meiri, in a terror attack on a tour in Egypt in February,
1990.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sivan Vider
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bekaot
Profile:
St.-Sgt. Sivan Vider, 20, of Bekaot was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the Park Hotel. St.-Sgt. Sivan Vider served as an IDF course instructor. After
completing her army service in a month, she planned to travel to Thailand. Sivan was
at the seder organized by her grandparents for the rest of the family. Her father, Ze'ev
Vider, seriously hurt in the blast, died six days later. Her mother Zahava was lightly
injured, and her older sister, Gili suffered moderate injuries. Gili's fiance, Avraham
Beckerman, who was attending the family seder, was killed in the attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
mfa
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ernest Weiss
80
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Petah Tikva
Profile:
Ernest Weiss, 80, of Petah Tikva was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel. Ernest and Eva Weiss were in concentration camps in World War II,
and married in 1946 in Romania. In 1964 the couple came to Israel and settled in
Petah Tikva. Ernest was in the diamond business, Eva was a homemaker. They had
no children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eva Weiss
75
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Petah Tikva
Profile:
Eva Weiss, 75, of Petah Tikva was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel. Eva and Ernest Weiss were in concentration camps in World War II,
and married in 1946 in Romania. In 1964 the couple came to Israel and settled in
Petah Tikva. Ernest was in the diamond business, Eva was a homemaker. They had
no children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
George Yakobovitch
76
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
George Yakobovitch, 76, of Holon was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the Park Hotel. George (Meir-Shlomo) Yakobovitch was a gentle and modest man,
a Holocaust survivor from Hungary. Twenty years ago, he married Andre Fried's
mother Anna (Annika), also a Holocaust survivor, whom he had known since
childhood in Hungary. George was a well-known lawyer and notary in the
community of Hungarian immigrants. He worked in Tel Aviv but returned to Holon
every day for the afternoon break to be with Anna before returning to Tel Aviv for
the rest of the workday.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Alter Britvich
88
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Alter Britvich, 88, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Alter Britvich was injured in the suicide bombing and died of his injuries
six days later. Alter immigrated to Israel in the 1930s from Romania and was injured
here during World War II. He met his wife, Frieda, after a long courtship by mail,
married her in 1947 and settled in Netanya. Each year, Alter and Frieda would
celebrate the seder in a different location. This year, concerned about traveling, they
decided to celebrate the holiday in Netanya. Several hours after Alter died, his wife
Frieda, also injured in the blast, passed away.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Frieda Britvich
86
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Frieda Britvich, 86, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel. Frieda Britvich was injured in the suicide bombing and died a week
later. Frieda was born on the Romania-Czechoslovakia border and survived
Auschwitz thanks to her profession as a seamstress. She met her husband, Alter, after
a long courtship by mail, married him in 1947 and settled in Netanya. Each year,
Frieda and Alter would celebrate the Seder in a different location. This year,
concerned about traveling, they decided to celebrate the holiday in Netanya. Frieda
died several hours after the death of her husband Alter.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ze'ev Vider
50
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Beka'ot
Profile:
Ze'ev Vider, 50, of Beka'ot was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
Park Hotel. Ze'ev Vider was seriously injured in the suicide bomb attack and died of
his injuries six days later. Ze'ev, who formerly served in the regular army, was
working in Nigeria. He returned to Israel for the Passover holiday. He was described
by a family friend as "an officer and a gentlemen, a dedicated family man". His
family donated his organs for transplants; one of his kidneys was transplanted into a
45-year old Arab woman from Jerusalem. "He loved to help anyone in a difficult
situation and I think this step is in keeping with his character," said his son. Ze'ev's
daughter Sivan, 21, was also killed in the attack. A second daughter, Gili, was
moderately injured and her fiance, Avraham Beckerman, was killed. Ze'ev's wife,
Zahava, was slightly injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Chanah Rogan
90
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Chanah Rogan, 90, of Netanya was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the Park Hotel. Chanah Rogan was injured in the suicide bombing and died six days
later. Chanah was born in Kishinev and emigrated to the USA after World War II. In
1972, she immigrated to Israel with her Israeli husband Pinhas, who died several
years ago. Chanah usually celebrated the seder at the guesthouse of Shefayim. This
year, she attended the seder at the Park Hotel with her childhood friend, Yulia Talmi,
who was also killed in the attack. "Chanah used to warmly hug everyone and she
contributed generously." She donated a recovery room and a room in the surgery
department to the Laniado Hospital in Netanya.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sara Levy-Hoffman
89
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Sarah Levy-Hoffman, 89, of Tel-Aviv was one of 30 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the Park Hotel. Sarah Levy-Hoffman died 11 days after the blast. Sarah
was born in Czechoslavakia. During World War II, she was sent to Auschwitz but
managed to survive. In 1949, she immigrated to Israel and settled in Tel-Aviv. For the
past four years, she celebrated the seder with her son and his family at the Park Hotel.
Her son was slightly injured in the blast. His wife and three children were in their
room at the time and therefore were not injured.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eliezer Korman
74
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat HaSharon
Profile:
Eliezer Korman, 74, of Ramat Hasharon was one of 30 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the Park Hotel. Eliezer, who was seriously injured, died on May 5.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Clara Rosenberger
77
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Clara Rosenberger, 77, of Jerusalem was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover holiday
seder on March 27, 2002. Clara Rosenberger, who had gone to the hotel to spend the
holiday with several of her friends, suffered a spinal injury in the blast and remained
completely paralysed. After extensive treatment in hospital, she was moved to the
Nofe Gilo old age home in Jerusalem. An independent and active women, she became
deeply depressed and lost her will to live. She stopped eating, did not want to see
family and friends, and cut herself off from the world, refusing psychological help.
She passed away on June 25, 2003. Clara was born in Czechoslavakia. At the age of
19 she was transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where her father
perished. She and her mother survived and were released a year later and
subsequently immigrated to Israel.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
High
Work Accident - Mar 26, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Other/Unknown Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
Two Fatah members suspected of being on their way to carry out a bombing in
Jerusalem died when their car exploded near a police roadblock on the southern
outskirts of the city Monday.
Further Details
Two terrorists tried to enter through the Wallaje valley in the Malha area and were
asked to stop by security forces. They did not, and a bomb in their car exploded.
Israel's Army Radio said the blast occurred after Israeli security forces opened fire at
the fleeing car.
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shadi Shaker Hamamreh
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Husan village - Beitlehem
Profile:
A member of Martyrs of al-Aqsa Brigades who was on his way to carry out a
bombing attack. He killed along with his driver when the car they were driving
exploded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Ha'aretz, JMCC
Name:
Age: Gender:
Khaled Yusef Dabash
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim El- Hader
Profile:
The driver that drove Hamamra to carry out a bombing attack. He was killed when
the car exploded.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
High
Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Guerilla Attack - Mar 22, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Between Anin Village and Umm al-Fahm, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 1
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a Golani force at the
Salem Roadblock near Anin Village. An IDF officer commanding the force was
moderately wounded from the explosion.
Further Details
In the village of Anin in the West Bank on Friday afternoon, soldiers were suspicious
of a vehicle approaching their roadblock to which they signaled it to stop. Three
Palestinians got out of the vehicle and one approached the soldiers and detonated his
explosives, moderately wounding an IDF officer. The other two fled.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Imad Shakirat
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Ein Beit Alima refugee camp- Nablus
Profile:
Imad Shakirat, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad activist, blew himself up near a Golani
force at the Salem Roadblock near Anin village. According to the Jerusalem Post the
Fatah's al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Mar 21, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 5
Injured: 86
Details:
Three Israelis were killed—including a pregnant woman with twins--and 86 injured
when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the
center of a crowd of shoppers on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem.
Further Details
Ha'aretz: The suicide bomber was Muhamed Hashaika, 21, from Talusa village,
North of Nablus. He blew himself up at 4:15 P.M. outside the Aroma Cafe on King
George St. in an area that has seen four suicide bombings in the last four months.
Those killed were Yitzhak Cohen of Modi'in, and Tzipi and Gad Shemesh, of Pisgat
Ze'ev. More than 60 people were taken to hospital, with several in a moderate to
serious condition. Most were released after a few hours. Hashaika, a former PA
police officer had been arrested by the PA on information provided by the Shin Bet,
as he was setting out with an explosives belt to attack a Ra'anana mall, in what was
planned as a joint operation by Fatah and Islamic Jihad. After his arrest, it was
discovered that he had been involved in plotting a car bombing that went awry in
Wadi Ara on February 8, killing the two terrorists inside the car. The PA asked Israel
for permission to move Hashaika to Ramallah, where, said PA security officials, they
had safe apartments where he could be held under tight control. But once there, he
was either released or escaped and immediately went to work preparing yesterday's
bombing. A senior security services source said the Nablus wing of Fatah, headed by
Nasser Awis, from the Balata Refugee Camp, was behind the bombing. Awis is
considered close to several aides of Marwan Barghouti, the Fatah secretary general in
the West Bank and commander of Tanzim. The network behind yesterday's bombing,
said the source, was also behind the series of attacks on army check-points in recent
weeks in which 17 Israelis, mostly soldiers, were killed.
Sources:
mfa, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yitzhak Cohen
48
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Modi'in
Profile:
Yitzhak Cohen, 48, of Modi'in was one of three people killed and 86 injured when a
suicide bomber detonated a bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the center of
a crowd of shoppers on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem. Yitzhak Cohen
left the nearby perfume store where he worked on Thursday afternoon. He was
walking toward his bus stop when he was killed in the blast. Yitzhak Cohen
immigrated to Israel as a child from Tunisia with his parents and five brothers and
sisters. His father died when he was young. Yitzhak was married and had six
children. Seven months ago, he moved with his family from Alon Shvut in the Gush
Etzion bloc to Modi'in because he felt it was safer.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gad Shemesh
34
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Sgt.-Maj. Gad Shemesh, 34, of Jerusalem, was one of three people killed and 86
injured when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails,
in the center of a crowd of shoppers on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem.
On Thursday afternoon, Gadi accompanied his wife Tzipi, in her fifth month of
pregnancy, for an ultrasound exam. There they learned, but never lived to tell, that
Tzipi was carrying twins. On leaving the medical clinic, they passed next to the
terrorist who blew himself up. Tzipi was killed instantly; Gad Shemesh died shortly
afterwards in hospital. Tzipi and Gadi met eight years ago through a common friend.
They were married in Jerusalem after a courtship of only nine months, so that Gad's
ill father Yosef would be able to participate in his wedding. Gad served in the regular
army and was responsible for the IDF's graphics and printing department at Tel
Hashomer. About three months ago Gad and Tzipi moved to the Pisgat Ze'ev
neighborhood. According to relatives, they had a lot of plans for the future, they
loved each other and their two daughters.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tzipi Shemesh
29
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tzipi Shemesh, 29, of Jerusalem was one of three people killed and 86 injured when a
suicide bomber detonated a bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the center of
a crowd of shoppers on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem. On Thursday
afternoon, Tzipi, in her fifth month of pregnancy, went with her husband Gadi for an
ultrasound exam. There they learned, but never lived to tell, that Tzipi was carrying
twins. On leaving the medical clinic, they passed next to the terrorist who blew
himself up. Tzipi was killed instantly; Gadi died shortly afterwards in hospital. Tzipi
and Gadi met eight years ago through a common friend. They were married in
Jerusalem after a courtship of only nine months so that Gadi's ill father would be able
to participate in the wedding. About three months ago they moved to the Pisgat Ze'ev
neighborhood. According to relatives, they had a lot of plans for the future, they
loved each other and their two daughters. Tzipi was an accountant at Akademon
bookstore at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown Shemesh
0
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Unborn baby of Tzippi Shemesh, killed with his mother in a suicide bombing in
central Jerusalem. She had only that day learned that she was pregnant with twins.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown Shemesh
0
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Unborn baby of Tzippi Shemesh, killed with his mother in a suicide bombing in
central Jerusalem. She had only that day learned that she was pregnant with twins.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Muhamed Hashaika
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Talusa
Profile:
Muhamed Hashaika, 21, from the Talusa village north of Nablus. He blew himself up
at 4:15 P.M. outside the Aroma cafe on King George St. in an area that has seen four
suicide bombings in the last four months. Hashaika, a former PA police officer had
been arrested by the PA on information provided by the Shin Bet, as he was setting
out with an explosives belt to attack a Ra'anana mall, in what was planned as a joint
operation by Fatah and Islamic Jihad. After his arrest, it was discovered that he had
been involved in plotting a car bombing that went awry in Wadi Ara on February 8,
killing the two terrorists inside the car. The PA asked Israel for permission to move
Hashaika to Ramallah, where, said PA security officials, they had safe apartments
where he could be held under tight control. But once there, he was either released or
escaped and immediately went to work preparing yesterday's bombing.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Mar 20, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Mus Mus, Wadi Ara, Israel
Killed: 7
Injured: 42
Details:
Seven people were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber detonated a
powerful bomb on a bus in northern Israel. The bombing occurred on an intercity bus
enroute from Tel Aviv to Nazareth.
Further Details
The bomber got on at the stop at the Israeli Arab town of Mus Mus, along with two
elderly Arabs and a school child. The bomber, a man in his thirties, did not look in
any way suspicious. "He paid his fair all the way to Afula, and wasn't carrying any
bags, Ben-Yosef said." As the day was cool and people were wearing heavy coats, an
explosives' belt could be easily hidden. Casualties include both Jews and Arabs.
Shortly after boarding, the bomber moved toward the center of the bus, where he
detonated the explosives. According to one witness, an armed passenger approached
the bomber as he sat down several seats behind the driver. The two reportedly argued
moments before the terrorist detonated the bomb he was wearing.The killed were Sgt.
Michael Altfiro, 19, of Pardess Hanna; SWO Meir Fahima, 40, of Hadera; St.-Sgt.
Shimon Edri, 20, of Pardess Hanna; Cpl. Aharon Revivo, 19, of Afula; Mogus
Mahento, 75, of Holon; Alon Goldenberg, 27, of Tel Aviv; and Bella Schneider, 54,
of Hadera. Islamic Jihad identified the bomber as Rafat Abu Diyak, 24, of Jenin.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Michael Altfiro
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Pardess Hanna
Profile:
Sgt. Michael Altfiro, 19, of Pardes Hanna, was one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing of an Egged bus No. 823 traveling from Tel Aviv to Nazareth at the
Musmus junction on Highway 65 (Wadi Ara) near Afula. Sgt. Michael Altfiro was
one of four soldiers and three civilians killed in the blast. Michael Altfiro immigrated
to Israel with his family from Moldavia in 1990. His father Alex said he was an avid
reader of Hebrew and Russian language books. A Liverpool football fan, Altfiro took
Bus 823 on Wednesday morning back to the army base, after having switched guard
shifts on the IDF artillery base where he served, so he could be home to watch the
team's game against AS Roma.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Meir Fahima
Nationality:
Israel
Age:
Gender:
40
Male
Religion:
Jewish Hadera
Residence:
Profile:
Senior Warrant Officer Meir Fahima, 40, of Hadera, was one of seven people killed
in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus No. 823 traveling from Tel Aviv to Nazareth at
the Musmus junction on Highway 65 (Wadi Ara) near Afula. Meir Fahima was
borned and raised in Kadima. He served in the IDF for 23 years. After serving on the
Golan Heights for many years, he was transfered six years ago to the IDF Na'ura base
and lived with his family in Hadera. He traveled each morning by bus to his base.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shimon Edri
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Pardess Hanna
Profile:
St.-Sgt. Shimon Edri, who served in the IDF Home Front Command, was head of
discipline at a base in Na'ura. He moved with his family from Be'er Sheva to Pardes
Hannah in 1991, where he attended the ORT high school. He loved horses, and kept
one of his own for a while in the yard of the family home.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Aharon Revivo
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Afula
Profile:
Cpl. Aharon Revivo, 19, of Afula
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mogus Mahento
75
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Mogus Mahento, 75, of Holon, was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing
of an Egged bus No. 823 traveling from Tel Aviv to Nazareth at the Musmus junction
on Highway 65 (Wadi Ara) near Afula. Mogus Mahento immigrated to Israel from
Ethiopia in 1991, in Operation Solomon. He came from a village in the Gonder
region, where he was a locksmith. In Israel, he first lived in an absorption center in
Hadera, before moving to a senior citizens' home in Holon. Friends said that he spent
most of his time helping with his grandchildren.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Alon Goldenberg
27
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Aviv
Profile:
Alon Goldenberg, 28, of Tel Aviv, was one of seven people killed in a suicide
bombing of an Egged bus No. 823 traveling from Tel Aviv to Nazareth at the
Musmus junction on Highway 65 (Wadi Ara) near Afula. Alon was born and grew up
in Tel-Aviv, where he attended high school. After serving in an IDF anti-aircraft unit,
Alon traveled extensively in South America and the Far East. Recently he had been
involved in the building of a youth village near Nitzanim. Alon loved the sea, and to
surf. His father Shlomo is a well-known fisherman in Jaffa. Alon, who often helped
his father at sea, was called Dagim (fish) by his friends. He was also an amateur
photographer, and had taken thousands of nature photos all over the world.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Bella Schneider
54
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Bella Schneider, 53, of Hadera, was one of seven people killed in a suicide bombing
of an Egged bus No. 823 traveling from Tel Aviv to Nazareth at the Musmus junction
on Highway 65 (Wadi Ara) near Afula. Bella Schneider immigrated to Israel form
Moldavia with her husband Yaakov and their two sons in 1980. Bella had worked for
years as a rgistered nurse in the Sha'arei Menashe psychiatric hospital. Early
Wednesday morning she had taken the bus to attend a course at the Jezreel Valley
Regional College, where she was studying to complete a degree.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ra'afat Tahsin Salim Diab
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin
Profile:
Ra'afat Tahsin Salim Diab, 20, from Jenin, set off a bomb as the bus traveled near the
Musmus village, in Wadi Ara, one kilometer east of the Umm al-Fahm junction.
Israeli security officials believe that the terrorist boarded the bus at the Umm al-Fahm
junction, sat down in the middle of the vehicle, and detonated the bomb when
passengers began to suspect his intentions.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Mar 9, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Restaurant
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 11
Injured: 50
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber walked into Jerusalem's Moment cafe in the city's
Rehavia neighborhood last night at 10:30 and blew himself up, killing at least 11
people and wounding over 50, 10 seriously.
Further Details
The bomber walked into the cafe, located at the corner of Aza and Ben-Maimon
streets about 100 meters from the Prime Minister's residence, and detonated a
powerful explosive charge that completely gutted the restaurant. Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon was not home at the time of the explosion. The cafe was crowded with dozens
of people at the time of the attack.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Asimel Horami
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
The Palestinian suicide bomber who blew himself up at the Moment cafe in
Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Limor Ben-Shoham
27
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Limor Ben-Shoham, 27, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a suicide
bomber exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza
and Ben-Maimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nir Borochov
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Givat Ze'ev
Profile:
Nir Borochov, 22, of Givat Ze'ev was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Nir attended
the Feldman high school, specializing in auto mechanics. He completed his army
service less than a year ago after serving in a combat engineering unit. Lately, he
began studying to improve his matriculation exam results, so that he could go on to
university, while working as a mechanic in the Subaru garage.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Danit Dagan
25
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Danit Dagan, 25, of Tel-Aviv was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Danit was at
the cafe with her boyfriend, Uri Felix, who was also killed in the terrorist attack.
They were supposed to be married on May 15. Danit served in the IDF's Home Front
Command. After her discharge, she studied tourism at the Open University and
worked at a travel agency until recently. She is described by friends and family as a
beautiful, smart, good-hearted and mature person.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Livnat Dvash
28
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Livnat Dvash, 28, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Before she
went out, Livnat's mother asked her not to go, saying, "Don't go, there was a terror
attack in Netanya and there are warnings of more terror attacks. Livnat said: "Don't
worry, I am going to the safest place there is, across from the Prime Minister's
residence." Limor spent her last evening with her friends Nir Borochov and Dan
Imani, who were both killed in the attack. The Dvash family had already lost a son
five years ago, when he was an accidental witness to a murder.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tali Eliyahu
26
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tali Eliyahu, 26, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Tali grew up
in a very religious family, the youngest of ten brothers and sisters. Although she later
decided to leave the religious way of life, she remained very close with her family.
After a year of studying pre-school education, she enrolled in the Hebrew University,
majoring in Middle East studies. On Saturday Tali began her first day as a waitress at
Cafe Moment. She was supposed to work for just two hours. She was killed that same
night.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dan Imani
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Dan Imani, 23, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Dan's family
immigrated to Israel from Iran in 1980. The eldest of the family's five children, Hezi,
was killed in Lebanon. According to Dan's brother Herzl, their mother is still
mourning and he does not know how they would cope with another death. He
described his youngest brother Dan as an Israeli patriot, who cared deeply for what
was happening in the country. Dan completed his high school studies at the ORT
school in Jerusalem, and then he joined the army. After completing his army service,
he helped at the family's clothing store.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Uri Felix
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Givat Ze'ev
Profile:
Uri Felix, 25, of Givat Ze'ev was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. The Cafe
Moment was like a second home to Uri - he used to go there every day, and even
celebrated his last birthday there. On Saturday night he went with his girlfriend, Danit
Dagan, who was also killed in the terrorist attack. They were supposed to be married
on May 15.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Natanel Kochavi
31
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kiryat Arba
Profile:
Natanel Kochavi, 31, of Kiryat Ata was one of 11 people killed when a suicide
bomber exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza
and Ben-Maimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem.
Natanel Kochavi lived in Katamon, in Jerusalem. According to friends and family,
Cafe Moment was his favorite place to hang out. After studying at the Nativ Meir
Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Natanel served in the IDF Golani Brigade. Natanel would
volunteer for reserve duty every month. After his army service he studied law and
computers at Bar Ilan University. He was under a lot of pressure to finish his
internship in law. In the past, he was the head of the Students Association at the
university.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Baruch Lerner-Naor
28
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Eli
Profile:
Baruch Lerner-Naor, 28, of Eli was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Baruch
Lerner served in the IDF Shaked unit and the Givati Brigade, both in Lebanon and in
Gaza. Friends relate that Baruch would often say: "It is good to die for our country."
Baruch was named after his grandfather, a member of the French underground, who
died, also at the age of 28, fighting the Nazis. After his army service, Baruch studied
at the Ariel regional college, where he wrote a paper about the Palestinian 'shahids'
("martyrs"), and about the phenomenon of suicide bombers. He worked as a security
guard in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Orit Ozerov
28
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Orit Ozerov, 28, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and BenMaimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Orit Ozerov,
a Foreign Ministry employee, was was born in 1974, and grew up in Jerusalem. Orit
joined the Foreign Ministry about four years ago, and worked as an office manager
while studying for her Master's degree. Orit is a graduate of the Rene Cassin High
School, where she was known as the singer of her class, and was also considered a
very talented artist. Following her military service, she completed her teaching degree
at Jerusalem's David Yellin Teachers College.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avraham Haim Rahamim
29
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Avraham Haim Rahamim, 29, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a
suicide bomber exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner
of Aza and Ben-Maimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of
Jerusalem. Avraham (Avi) Rahamim worked for a computer company. Avi Sasson,
director-general of the company, described him as a peace-seeking person. Avi was
particularly close with his twin brother Yaron who used by ride their motorcycles
together in the city.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Mar 2, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Place of Worship
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 11
Injured: 40
Details:
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Yeshiva in Jerusalem at the end of the
Jewish Sabbath. Ten Israelis were killed and more than forty wounded. Among the
dead was an entire family--both parents and two young children--as well as several
relatives. A young mother and her seven-months old baby were also killed.
Further Details
The blast occured outside a yeshiva (Jewish religious school) just as people were
leaving synagogue services. Initially the explosion was attributed to a car-bomb, due
to the fact that the detonation caused a nearby car to explode. The Al Aksa Martyrs
Brigades of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement took
responsibility for the attack. Hizbullah identified the bomber on Al Jazeera TV as
Muhammad Darameh, 20, of the Dehaishe Refugee Camp near Bethlehem.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shlomo Nehmad
40
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Profile:
Shlomo Nehmad, 40, of Rishon Lezion was one of 10 people killed in a suicide
bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael
neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. The Nehmads, a tightly-knit, traditionalreligious family, had strong roots in their Rishon Letzion neighborhood. Hannah
Nehmad, Shlomo's mother, who yesterday buried five grandchildren, a son and a
daughter-in-law, is a fixture in the neighborhood. Shlomo worked as a sanitary
worker in the veterinary department in Rishon Lezion. The Nehmad family had come
to Jerusalem for Shabbat to celebrate a family bar mitzvah at the Mahane Israel
yeshiva in Jerusalem. When the Sabbath ended and guests started to leave, the
Nehmad family gathered on the street outside for the havdalah ceremony (held at the
conclusion of the Sabbath). Shlomo Nehmad was killed together with his entire
family: his wife, Gafnit, and his daughters Shiraz and Liran. Also killed in the suicide
bombing were his nephew Shaul Nehmad, and two of his sister's children - Lidor and
Oriah Ilan.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Gafnit Nehmad
32
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Profile:
Gafnit Nehmad, 32, of Rishon Lezion was one of 10 people killed in a suicide
bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael
neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Gafnit was a secretary in the Rishon
municipality's human resources department. Her desk at work is covered with family
photographs, along with friendly messages written to her by her colleagues from
work.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shiraz Nehmad
7
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Profile:
Shiraz Nehmad, 7, and her sister Liran, 3, of Rishon Lezion were two of 10 people
killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox
Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Shiraz and Liran were killed
together with their parents, Shlomo and Gafnit. Also killed in the suicide bombing
were Shlomo's nephew Shaul Nehmad, and two of his sister's children - Lidor and
Oriah Ilan.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Liran Nehmad
3
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Profile:
Shiraz Nehmad, 7, and her sister Liran, 3, of Rishon Lezion were two of 10 people
killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox
Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Shiraz and Liran were killed
together with their parents, Shlomo and Gafnit. Also killed in the suicide bombing
were Shlomo's nephew Shaul Nehmad, and two of his sister's children - Lidor and
Oriah Ilan.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shaul Nehmad
15
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Profile:
Shaul Nehmad, 15, of Rishon Lezion was one of 10 people killed in a suicide
bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael
neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Shaul's father, Ezra, asked him to bring
some wine from the yeshiva. Shauli twice ran to fetch some wine. The explosion
went off as he was returning the second time. Shauli died on the spot. His older
brother Eli, 16, who was a short distance behind him, was badly injured. He lost an
arm. Also killed in the blast were Ezra Nehmad's brother Shlomo, along with his wife
and two daughters, and his sister Ronit Ilan's two children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Lidor Ilan
12
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Profile:
Lidor Ilan, 12, and his sister Oriah 18 months, of Rishon Lezion were two of 10
people killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultraOrthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Lidor and Oriah were
at the Mahane Israel yeshiva in Jerusalem with their parents, Shimon and Ronit, and
sister celebrating a family bar mitzvah - Ronit's nephew.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Oriah Ilan
Nationality:
Israel
Profile:
Age:
Gender:
1
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Lidor Ilan, 12, and his sister Oriah 18 months, of Rishon Lezion were two of 10
people killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultraOrthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Lidor and Oriah were
at the Mahane Israel yeshiva in Jerusalem with their parents, Shimon and Ronit, and
sister celebrating a family bar mitzvah - Ronit's nephew.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tzofia Eliyahu
23
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tzofia Eliyahu, 23, and her son Ya'akov, 7 months, of Jerusalem were two of 10
people killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultraOrthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Tzofia Ya'arit
Eliyahu lived in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood. On Saturday, she went with her two
children, 2-year-old Shira and the baby Ya'akov, to her sister's house, who lived
nearby. They went for a walk. "When we came back", said her sister Livnat, "Yaakov
started crying, and Tzofia lifted him from the baby carriage." Livnat continued
walking with Shira and the carriage, when the explosion occurred. "I looked back,
and I didn't see Tzofia and Ya'akov - I just saw fire." The baby died with his mother,
in her arms. The young mother, who was newly religious and had moved to
Jerusalem in search of a more spiritual life together with her husband Ofir. They
moved to Jerusalem, so they could live near Ofir's yeshiva. Ofir received the tragic
news while in military jail for refusing to go to the army reserve duty, remaining to
study at the yeshiva.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ya'akov Eliyahu
1
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tzofia Eliyahu, 23, and her son Ya'akov, 7 months, of Jerusalem were two of 10
people killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultraOrthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Tzofia Ya'arit
Eliyahu lived in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood. On Saturday, she went with her two
children, 2-year-old Shira and the baby Ya'akov, to her sister's house, who lived
nearby. They went for a walk. "When we came back", said her sister Livnat, "Yaakov
started crying, and Tzofia lifted him from the baby carriage." Livnat continued
walking with Shira and the carriage, when the explosion occurred. "I looked back,
and I didn't see Tzofia and Ya'akov - I just saw fire." The baby died with his mother,
in her arms. The young mother, who was newly religious and had moved to
Jerusalem in search of a more spiritual life together with her husband Ofir. They
moved to Jerusalem, so they could live near Ofir's yeshiva. Ofir received the tragic
news while in military jail for refusing to go to the army reserve duty, remaining to
study at the yeshiva.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Muhammad Daraghmeh
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Dehaishe Refugee Camp
Profile:
The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades identified the suicide bomber who carried out the
attack in Jerusalem on 2 March 02 as Muhammad Darameh, 20, of the Dehaishe
refugee camp near Bethlehem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avi Hazan
37
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Adora
Profile:
Avi Hazan, 37, of Moshav Adora, died of injuries sustained on March 2 in a suicide
bombing near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center
of Jerusalem, bringing the death toll to 10. Avi Hazan was the uncle of 13-year-old
Naveh Hazan, who was celebrating his bar mitzvah at the Mahane Israel yeshiva. He
never regained consciousness after sustaining severe cranial injuries from the blast
and was pronounced clinically dead in the hospital's intensive care unit after brain
surgery failed to improve his condition.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avraham Eliahu Nehmad
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Rishon LeZion
Profile:
Avraham Eliahu Nehmad, 17, of Rishon Lezion was one of 11 people killed in a
suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox Beit
Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem on March 2, 2002. Avraham Eliahu
Nehmad, who was severely injured, died on June 20. Every day since the attack,
Eliahu's parents made the trip from their home in Rishon Lezion to the hospital in
Jerusalem to sit at the bedside of their son. Eliahu, who lost an arm and suffered
severe internal injuries in the explosion, never regained consciousness. On the
evening of the attack, Eliahu had been walking several paces behind his younger
brother Shaul, who was killed on the spot. Both had been students at the Or Gaon
yeshiva. Also killed in the blast were Eliahu's uncle Shlomo Nehmad, along with his
aunt Gafnit and their two daughters, as well as his two cousins, Lidor and Oriah Ilan.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Feb 27, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Militant/Member of Terrorist Group
Maccabim roadblock, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 3
Details:
A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up at the Maccabim roadblock on
the Jerusalem-Modi'in highway wounding three policemen, two lightly and one
moderately. The two other passengers, that the bomber drove with to the roadblock,
were also killed.
Further Details
The suicide bomber and two other passengers drove up to the roadblock close to
10:30 p.m. The policemen asked to check their identity papers, and the two men
claimed to be Israeli Arabs, showing blue identity cards, and were allowed to remain
in the car. The woman was asked to step out of the car, and as she did so the
policemen moved to the side, suspecting something, just before she detonated the
explosives.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dareen Abu Aisheh
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Balata refugee camp
Profile:
Dareen Abu Aisheh, an english literature student at An Najah University is the
suicide bomber that blew herself up at the Maccabim roadblock on the JerusalemModi'in highway. According to ha'aretz, her brother and fiance were killed by IDF
troops in January.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
unknown
Muslim unknown
Profile:
One of the The two passengers that drove with the bomber to the roadblock, was shot
by soldiers who feared he might be wearing explosive belts. Security officials did not
rule out that the two may have been terrorists using stolen identity cards because
before the explosion they show blue identity cards and claimed to be Israeli Arabs
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Probable Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
The Jerusalem Post
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Name:
Age: Gender:
unknown unknown
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
One of the The two passengers that drove with the bomber to the roadblock, was shot
by soldiers who feared he might be wearing explosive belts. Security officials did not
rule out that the two may have been terrorists using stolen identity cards because
before the explosion they show blue identity cards and claimed to be Israeli Arabs
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Probable Combatant
Palestinians
Sources:
The Jerusalem Post
ConfidenceLevel:
Extremely High
Terror Attack - Feb 21, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Suicide Bomb
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Other/Unknown Efrat, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
An alert customer shot dead a would-be suicide bomber who tried to set off an
explosive device in a supermarket in Efrat.
Further Details
A customer in the packed supermarket in Efrat saw a terrorist trying to set off an
explosion and shot him twice in the head from close range. The terrorist had
exploded, few seconds before, two small explosions leaving one customer in shock
but causing no casualties.
Sources:
AP
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Muhammad Tawfik Ashimali
24
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Douha- Bethlehem
Profile:
Muhammad Ashimali was the terrorist which detonated the explosions in a
supermarket in Efrat. Ashimali had a permit allowing him to work in Efrat.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Israel
Extremely High
Sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Feb 18, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Police Facility/Personnel
Outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 0
Details:
A suicide bomber blew himself up on the outskirts of Jerusalem killing an Israeli
police officer who had pulled the car over for a routine check.
Further Details
The car was pulled over for a routine check. When it turned out to be a stolen vehicle,
Policeman Ahmed Mazarib drew his weapon. The terrorist activated the explosive
detonator and the car blew up. Chief of Police Shlomo Aharonishki said that the car
bomber was headed for central Jerusalem, and that "there is no doubt that Ahmed's
courage prevented many casualties."
Sources:
AP
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Muhamed Hamuda
Unknown
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
unknown
Muslim unknown
Profile:
A suicide bomber blew himself up on the outskirts of Jerusalem killing one Israeli
police officer.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Martyrs of al-Aqsa
Sources:
AP
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ahmed Mazarib
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Muslim Beit Zarzir
Profile:
Residence:
Policeman Ahmed Mazarib, 32, of the Bedouin village Beit Zarzir in the Galilee, was
killed by a suicide bomber whom he had stopped for questioning on the Ma'ale
Adumim-Jerusalem road. Ahmed Mazarib's family and friends were devastated by his
death. They had just recently ended a 40-day-morning period after the death of his
cousin, Maj. Ashraf Hawash, who was killed in a terrorist attack on an IDF post in the
Gaza Strip on January 9. Mazarib joined the police eight years ago and worked in the
Jerusalem district. He was planning to be transferred to the Galilee division in the
near future.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Feb 16, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Karnei Shomron, West Bank
Killed: 3
Injured: 6
Details:
Three Israeli teenagers were killed and 29 other people wounded, six seriously, when
a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a pizzeria in the Yovelim shopping mall in
Karnei Shomron, between Kalkilya and Nablus.
Sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sadak Ahad Abdel-Haq
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Kalkilya
Profile:
The suicide Bomber who killed three teenagers in Karnei shomrom mall.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Sources:
The jerusalem Post
Name:
Age:
Nehemia Amar
Nationality:
Israel
Jewish
Profile:
Gender:
15
Male
Religion:
Residence:
Ginot Shomron
Nehemia Amar, 15, of Ginot Shomron was one of three teenagers killed when a
suicide bomber blew himself up on Saturday night at a pizzeria in the shopping mall
in Karnei Shomron in Samaria. Nehemia was the third student from the Bnei Chayil
Yeshiva in Kedumim to be killed in a terrorist attack during the past year. The junior
and senior high school for boys was established four years ago to provide a
framework for pupils suffering from attention deficit disorders (ADD).
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Keren Shatsky
15
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel United States Jewish Ginot Shomron
Profile:
Keren Shatsky, 15, of Ginot Shomron was one of three teenagers killed when a
suicide bomber blew himself up on Saturday night at a pizzeria in the shopping mall
in Karnei Shomron in Samaria. Keren was the youngest daughter of Chava and
Shabtai Shatsky, who immigrated to Israel from the US in 1984 and moved to Ginot
Shomron in 1986.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rachel Theler
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ginot Shomron
Profile:
Rachel Theler, 16, of Ginot Shomron died on 27 February of wounds suffered on
February 16 when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a pizzeria in the shopping
mall in Karnei Shomron in Samaria, bringing the death toll in the attack to three.
Rachel was the oldest of the family's three children. Her parents - Ganette, from
England, and Michael, from the US - moved to the Ginot Shomron neighborhood five
years ago, and were divorced three years later. Michael had moved back to the US,
while Ganette remained in Ginot Shomrom with the children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
mfa
Work Accident - Feb 7, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Suicide Bomb
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Bethlehem, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
On Friday morning, soldiers discovered the remains of a would-be suicide bomber
who apparently detonated his explosives prematurely near the roadblock on the
outskirts of Bethlehem late Thursday night. The bomber was identified as
Muhammad Ayahab, 23, a salesman from Bethlehem.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Muhammad Ayahab
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Bethlehem
Profile:
A would-be suicide bomber who apparently detonated his explosives prematurely
near the roadblock on the outskirts of Bethlehem late Thursday night. The bomber
was identified as Muhammad Ayahab, 23, a salesman from Bethlehem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
ConfidenceLevel:
Terror Attack - Jan 30, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Fatah
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Taiba, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 2
Details:
Murad Abu Asal, a member of the Fatah, detonated an explosives belt, injuring two
Israeli intelligence agents near Taiba.
Further Details
The incident occurred at about 8 a.m., South of the Tulkarm crossing point on the
Green Line. The Shin Bet agents had apparently made a rendezvous with Asal at this
point, and had awaited his arrival after he had crossed the border. While Asal was
being frisked by the agents, he detonated the device hidden in his trousers. The bomb
was relatively small and designed to escape detection, which helped prevent serious
injuries to the agents. The van in which they had been sitting prior to his arrival was
set on fire by the blast, which was heard in nearby Kfar Saba.
Sources:
the Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Murad Abu Asal
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Anabta
Profile:
Murad Abu Asal, a member of Fatah, detonated explosives hidden on his body,
wounding two Israeli intelligence agents near Taiba.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Fatah
Comments:
It was not clear whether he had been working as a double agent, was a collaborator
who had been turned by persuasion or threats to family and friends, or had been
planted by Palestinian security forces.
Sources:
the Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Jan 27, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Fatah Tanzim
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 150
Details:
A Palestinian bomber detonated a powerful bomb on a busy Jerusalem street corner
during lunch hour. An elderly Israeli was killed. Two people were seriously injured
and nine moderately wounded in the explosion. More than 150 were treated for shock
and cuts from flying glass.
Further Details
Police believe the bomber did not intend to carry out a suicide attack, but that the
bomb detonated prematurely.
Sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Idris Wafa
20
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
The bomber was identified by Hizballah's al-Manar television as Shinaz Amuri, a
female university student in her 20s from the A-Najah University in Nablus.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
The Jerusalem Post
ConfidenceLevel:
Fatah Tanzim
Name:
Age: Gender:
Pinhas Emanuel Tokatli
81
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Pinhas Emanuel Tokatli, 81, of Jerusalem was killed and over 150 people were
wounded in a suicide bombing on Jaffa Road, in the center of Jerusalem, shortly
before 12:30. Pinhas Tokatli was returning home from a painting class via the
downtown area, where he was going to buy some paints, when he was killed.
According to police, Pinhas stood very close to the female suicide bomber when she
blew herself up. He died only a short distance from the spot on Jaffa Road where, in
the 1940s, British soldiers beat him up, damaging his vision. Tokatli, the youngest in
a family of nine children, was a fifth generation Jerusalemite. He served in the
Haganah and later worked in advertising. After retiring, he became interested in
cycling and was one of the founders of the Jerusalem cycling club. He also served as
a guide in the Western Wall tunnels and other sites in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Terror Attack - Jan 25, 2002
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Tel-Aviv, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 26
Details:
A suicide bomber targeted Tel-Aviv's pedestrian mall near the old Central Bus
Station on a Friday morning , wounding 26 people. At the scene of the bombing,
police found a bag containing a Kalashnikov automatic rifle and spare magazines.
Further Details
A Palestinian arrested a short time later told the police that the bombing was to have
been followed by a shooting spree aimed at rescuers and security forces gathered at
the scene. The Palestinian suicide bomber was identified by Hizballah's al-Manar
television as Safwat Abdurrahman Khalil, a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ).
Sources:
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Safwat Abdurrahman Khalil Abu Aishe
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Safwat Abu Aishe blew himself up in a suicide attack in Tel Aviv Jan. 25, 2002. He
was a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Dec 9, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
Haifa, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 8
Details:
A suicide bomber set off his explosives at a bus stop in Haifa, lightly injuring eight
people.
Further Details
The bomber apparently set off his explosives when approached by police. A second
bomb was found at the scene and successfully detonated.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nimer Muhammad Yussuf Abu Sayfin
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Yamun
Profile:
Nimer Sifen, 20, from Yamun, near Jenin in the northern West Bank is the Palestinian
who carried out the suicide attack in Haifa on 9 Dec 01. Sifen left a note in his house
saying his deed was in revenge for Israeli attacks against Palestinians, Army Radio
said, quoting Palestinian sources.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, captured document relating to Saudi finance.
Terror Attack - Dec 5, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 8
Details:
Shortly after 7:30 Wednesday morning, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb on King
David Street in the Mamila neighborhood in Jerusalem. Eight people were very
lightly injured from flying glass or were treated for shock.
Further Details
According to reports, the bomber approached the hotel from the direction of the Old
City. He then exploded a "very large bomb," police said. Police are currently
investigating whether the bomb went off prematurely. They are also investigating
whether the bomber intended the David Citadel as his chief target or some other
downtown Jerusalem spot.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Daoud Ali Ahmed Abu Sway
43
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Artas
Profile:
Daoud Ali Ahmed Abu Sway from the village of Artas, was named by the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad as the suicide bomber who blew himself up near Jerusalem's Citadel
Hotel on December 5th.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Dec 2, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Haifa, Israel
Killed: 15
Injured: 60
Details:
Fifteen Israelis were killed and more than 60 wounded in a suicide bombing of a bus
in Haifa. The explosion took place in Haifa's Halissa neighborhood, a quite district
renowned for the peaceful coexistence between its Arabs and Jewish residents.
Further Details
The blast occurred as the bus crossed HaGibborim bridge, completely destroying the
bus, which continued downhill out of control, eventually crashing into several large
vans. Another bus immediately behind the targeted vehicle was badly damaged as
well. The driver of the No. 16 bus said that the suicide bomber paid for his ticket with
a five shekel coin and moved to the back of the bus. When the driver called the man
back to receive his change, the bomber detonated the bomb strapped to his waist. The
driver was moderately injured. One Philappina was killed in the blast, and four other
Philippino citizens injured. Two of them, Mario Libao and Lily Bassi, were serious
condition at a Haifa hospital. Two others, siblings Raul and Maricar Vibas, were
recovering.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mikhail Zaraisky
71
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Dr. Mikhail Zaraisky, 71, of Haifa, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing
on an Egged bus No. 16 in Haifa. Dr. Mikhail Zaraisky was a retired geologist who
had been living for two years in Haifa since he and his wife Marina immigrated from
Sochi on the Black Sea. On the morning of the attack, he was on his way to the bank,
and his wife was at work. "I heard about the terrorist attack and tried to reach him on
his cellular phone," Marina said. "He didn't answer and I immediately knew
something had happened. Michael never went out for long."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel foreign ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Faina Zabiogailu
64
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Ukraine Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Faina Zabiogailu, 64, immigrated to Israel from the Ukraine seven years ago. She was
joined five years later by her only daughter, Larissa (44), who found an apartment
near her mother in the port area of Haifa. Zabiogailu worked as a practical nurse in a
geriatric hospital in the Neveh Sha'anan quarter of the city.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Leah Strick
73
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Leah Strick, 73, Leah Strick was one of five sisters who survived the Holocaust in the
Bialystok ghetto and concentration camps in Poland and came to live in Israel 50
years ago. During the past two years, she was living together with her sister Bella
Fuchs, 76, in an apartment on Hagiborim Street in Haifa. On Sunday morning, Leah
Strick went to visit her elder sister, 82, in a geriatric institution in the Neveh Sha'anan
quarter of Haifa and was returning home. Bella was waiting for her at noon on a
bench at the Gevura intersection. She saw the bus approaching and got up to greet her
sister when the explosion occurred
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rassim Safulin
78
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Rassim Safulin, 78, immigrated to Israel in 1993 with his wife, Valentina, and son
from Leningrad in Russia. They lived in Ramot Remez quarter of Haifa. On the day
of the bombing, he took the bus to the bank to withdraw his pension. When Valentina
heard the news, she called the bank and was told that Rasim had not arrived.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yitzhak Ringel
41
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Yitzhak Ringel, 41, lived alone in the apartment left to him by his parents after their
death. He became religious a few years and frequented the synagogue in the Neveh
Sha'anan quarter.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Rosaria Reyes
42
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Philippines
Christian
Batangas
Profile:
Rosaria Reyes, 42, from the town of Batangas in the Philippines, and had been
working as a caregiver in Haifa since March. Whe took the job to pay for a college
education for her two children, aged 17 and 19. Reyes' income was her family's only
means of support since her husband is ill and unable to work. On the day of the
bombing, she had a day off and was on her way to visit a friend.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Cecelia Kozamin
76
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Ukraine Jewish Haifa
Profile:
A resident of a seniors' home in the Neveh Sha'anan quarter of Haifa, Cecilia (Tzila)
Kozamin immigrated to Israel 10 years ago from Odessa with her son and grandson.
In the Ukraine, Kozamin sold tickets at a circus and her grandson remembered fondly
how he had enjoyed going there with her. Kozamin's daughter-in-law died a year ago
of cancer. Tzila Kozamin was looking forward to the birth of her first greatgrandchild. Always ready to sing and dance, she appeared much younger than her
age, her friends at the seniors' residence said yesterday.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mark Khotimliansky
76
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Mark Khotimliansky, 75, immigrated to Israel 11 years ago from Baku in Azerbaijan,
where he was a scientist and inventor. He first worked as a building laborer and lived
in the Hadar quarter of Haifa. His daughter said he had tried unsuccessfully to interest
many people in Israel in his inventions. Khotimliansky had gone to visit his daughter
who lived near the site of the explosion, and apparently boarded the bus together with
the suicide bomber.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yelena Lomakin
62
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Yelena Lomakin went on Sunday morning to sign up for a trip to the south organized
by a community center in the Neveh Yosef quarter of Haifa. She was active in a
group for new immigrants at the community center and had acclimatized well to her
new life in Israel, a counselor at the center said. Lomakin immigrated to Israel in
1996 together with her husband and daughter, while her son went to the United
States. Lomakin was a volunteer worker with patients in a geriatric hospital.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Samion Kalik
64
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Samion Kalik was born in Chelabinsk in Russia and immigrated to Israel with his
wife, Vera, two years ago. Their two daughters remained in Russia. Samion, an avid
chess player, dashed out of the house to catch the No. 16 bus in order to be on time
for a chess game in the public park in Nordau Street. When he failed to appear at the
park, his friends called his home and only then did his wife realize that he was on the
ill-fated bus.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ronen Kahalon
30
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Ronen Kahalon attended the Leo Baeck high school in Haifa and had served in the
navy, and had recently set up two business ventures. He was to have celebrated his
30th birthday in a few days. His parents, Tzuri and Pnina, were preparing a big party
for him, and had invited the family and friends.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Riki Hadad
30
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Yokneam
Profile:
Riki Hadad was born in Moshav Netua in the Western Galilee, near Israel's northern
northern border. As a child, she received a kidney transplant donated by her mother.
She moved to Yokne'am seven years ago, after marrying Mickey Hadad.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ina Frenkel
60
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Ina Frenkel, 60, and her son, Mikhail (32), immigrated to Israel from Moscow 11
years ago. In Russia she taught German, and in Israel she lived in the Neveh Sha'anan
quarter of Haifa and worked as a caregiver for the elderly. Ina's family was not
worried initially by news of the blast, as she normally did not take the No. 16 line.
Later they learned that she had met a friend and joined her on the fatal bus ride.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mara Fishman
52
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Mara Fishman lived with her husband, Ilya, and their only son in the Sprinzak quarter
of Haifa. They immigranted to Israel from the former Soviet Union several years ago.
Her husband said they would be desolate without her.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tatiana Borovik
23
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Ukraine Jewish Haifa
Profile:
Tatiana Borovik came to Israel in 1995 from the Ukraine as part of a program for
high school students. She wrote home how wonderful life in Israel was, and her
parents, brother and grandmother arrived a year later and settled in Netanya. A
student at the Camera Obscura school in Haifa, Tatiana Borovik dreamed of being an
artist. She was on her way to her studies, together with a friend, when the suicide
bomber cut her plans short. "She was a gifted artist," her father said.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Maher Habashi
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Maher Habashi killed himself and 15 Israelis when he blew himself up on a city bus
in Haifa. He was a plumber by profession.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Lily Pace
41
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Philippines
Christian
unknown
Profile:
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
High
Name:
Age: Gender:
Raoul Divas
30
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Philippines
Christian
unknown
Profile:
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Maricar Divas
26
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Philippines
Christian
unknown
Profile:
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mario Libao
Unknown
Nationality:
Religion:
Philippines
Christian
Profile:
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Sources:
Ha'aretz
Male
Residence:
unknown
ConfidenceLevel:
High
Terror Attack - Dec 1, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 11
Injured: 188
Details:
Eleven young people were killed and more than a hundred injured when two suicide
bombers detonated their explosives at different places along Jerusalem's pedestrian
mall at about 11:30 Saturday night.
Further Details
The mall was crowded with mostly young people, who had come out after sundown
at the end of the Jewish Sabbath to sit at the outdoor cafe's and socialize. Ten people - all between the ages of 14 and 20 -- were killed in the blasts, not counting the
bombers, and at least 19 critically injured. Twenty-eight others sustained moderate
injuries and the rest were lightly injured. Some twenty minutes later, as rescue and
emergency forces worked to evacuate the wounded, a car bomb exploded about 40
meters away, on nearby on Rav Kook Street. No one was injured in the car bomb,
which was apparently aimed at the rescuers and the crowds on the periphery of the
blast scene.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Assaf Avitan
15
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
After bowling in Talpiot, Assaf Avitan and his friend Golan Turgeman met with
friends on the Ben Yehuda mall to celebrate the 16th birthday of twins from the
neighborhood. They were standing and talking when the bomb exploded. Assaf and
Golan were killed; 10 of their friends were injured. Assaf and Golan and grown up
together in Jerusalem's Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood, and were the "neighborhood
clowns". Assaf, the youngest child in his family and a computer freak, was a 10th
grade student at the Ort Nevi'im high school in downtown Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Michael Moshe Dahan
21
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel France Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Michael Moshe Dahan came to Israel from France in 1995, and attended boarding
school in Kfar Maimon. His family immigrated to Israel a year ago, and live in the
Beit Hakerem neighborhood in Jerusalem. Moshe volunteered for military service in
the Nahal brigade. Everyone remembers Moshe Dahan as a person who was full of
life. His teacher at the Lev Institute, where he studied recently, said he was an
excellent student in Bible, Talmud, and computers. While at high school at "Havat
Hanoar Hazioni" in Jerusalem, he met his fianc?, Flora. They were engaged two
months ago and were planning to get be married in a few months.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Israel Ya'akov Danino
17
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Male
Residence:
Israel Ya'akov Danino, a son of a religious family living in the Har-Nof Jerusalem
neighborhood, was the seventh of 10 children. His baby brother, aged 1 1/2, died a
few years ago in an accident. Israel Danino left school after ninth grade, and recently
began to study for his matriculation exams independently. He was due to enter the
army in four months, and wanted to serve in a combat unit. His bother-in-law, Nati
said that after he was getting away a bit from religion, he started wearing a 'kipa'
again and told his sister that he had a feeling something bad was going to happen to
him.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yosef El-Ezra
18
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yosef El-Ezra, a gifted student, was in the army's academic track, studying computers
at the ORT Technological College on the Hebrew University campus in Givat Ram.
He completed his basic army training last summer. His friends described him as
"modest, quiet, and warm-hearted." He worked in a sports shop in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nir Haftzadi
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Sgt. Nir Haftzadi, a soldier in the Armored Corps, attended the Gilo Comprehensive
school and did a post-matriculation year before beginning his army service. He was
an avid fan of the Betar Jerusalem soccer club. On leave from the army, he went with
friends on Saturday night to the Ben Yehuda mall, where he and his friend Moshe
Yedid-Levy were killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yuri Korganov
20
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Ukraine Jewish Ma'alei Adumim
Profile:
Yuri (Yoni) Korganov, an only child, immigrated to Israel with his parents from the
Ukraine 11 years ago and settled in Ma'ale Adumim. His mother worked in the post
office and his father is a plumber. After attending the technological college of the IDF
Ordnance Corps, he was served in the Corps, and completed his army service three
months ago. Recently he started working in a factory for baking matzot and had
registered to continue his studies at Hadassah College. He hardly left the house over
the last few months, because he was completing his matriculation exams, said his
father.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Golan Turgeman
15
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
After bowling in Talpiot, Golan Turgeman and his friend Assaf Avitan met with
friends on the Ben Yehuda mall to celebrate the 16th birthday of twins from the
neighborhood. They were standing and talking when the bomb exploded. Golan and
Assaf were killed; 10 of their friends were injured. Golan and Assaf and grown up
together in Jerusalem's Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood, and were the "neighborhood
clowns". Golan was a 10th grade student at the Kiryat Hinuch high school in Pisgat
Ze'ev, where just a week before he was elected to the student council.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Guy Vaknin
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Guy Vaknin, a resident of the Orthodox Beit Israel neighborhood of Jerusalem,
studied mechanics at the Amit religious borading school in Petah Tikva. He was to
begin his army service in a few months. On Saturday night Guy went downtown with
his girlfriend, whom he het met recently. After the first blast, he headed towards Zion
Square, and was fatally injured by the second bomb. He was rushed to the hospital,
where he died soon afterwards.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Adam Weinstein
14
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Givon Hahadasha
Profile:
Adam Weinstein was celebrating a friend's birthday in a cafe in Jerusalem. At 11:30
he was on his way with his friends to take the bus home. A few minutes before the
suicide bombing, his mother and brother called him, and he told them, "I'm on my
way to the bus." Five minutes later he was killed. Adam lived in Givon Hahadasha, a
community north of Jerusalem. He was the youngest of three brothers. "Adam was a
computer genius", said his brother Assaf.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Moshe Yedid-Levy
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Moshe Yedid-Levy, the eldest son of Ya'akov and Anat, attended the Gilo
Comprehensive school and was doing a post-matriculation year in electronics before
beginning his army service. He was due to be drafted next May. He went with friends
on Saturday night to the Ben Yehuda mall. His cousin, Avihu Yedid, was injured in
the first blast. Moshe, who tried to help his cousin, and his friend Nir Haftzadi were
killed by the second bomb.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Osama Mohammed Abed Baher
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Abu Dis
Profile:
Killed himself and 10 Israeli youths when he blew himself up in Jerusalem's
pedestrian plaza.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Reuters, Jerusalem Post
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mohammed Nabil Jamil Abu Halabiyeh
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Abu Dis
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out one of two bombings in Jerusalem's pedestrial plaza
on December 1st. He resigned as an officer in the Palestinian intelligence service two
days before the bombings and announced that he was joining Hamas.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Comments:
AP later gave his name as Nabil Khaldaiya
Sources:
The Independent UK
Name:
Age:
Ariela Feinstein
Nationality:
United States
Profile:
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Gender:
20
Female
Religion:
Residence:
Jewish Los Angeles
Ariela Feinstein had spent a year and half attending religious school in Israel, and had
just left a frozen yogurt stand in Zion Square when she heard an explosion and
noticed blood trickling from her face. Looking down, she saw two large wounds
where metal bolts had lodged in her legs. Her father said she is in serious condition
after surgery.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
Los Angeles Times
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ido Cohen
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Ido Cohen had gone to the Rehov Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall with his older brother
and some classmates. His brother went for a pizza, and Ido sat with some friends on a
bench. Two of his friends, Yoni Korganov and Guy Vaknin, were killed instantly.
Ido, who suffered a fatal head injury and had been unconscious since the attack, died
of his wounds a week later. Ido was to have celebrated his 18th birthday in several
weeks. He had a beautiful voice and loved to sing.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Terror Attack - Nov 29, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Wadi Ara, Israel
Killed: 3
Injured: 9
Details:
Three passengers were killed and nine wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber
blew himself up on an Israeli bus. A 22 year-old woman and two men, aged 28 and
25, were killed, along with the suicide bomber.
Further Details
The explosion on the No. 823 intercity bus, which was traveling from Nazareth to Tel
Aviv, occurred at 8:45 in the evening. Nine people -- some of whom were in cars near
the bus at the time of the blast -- were taken to hospital for treatment of shrapnel
injuries. One was listed in moderate to serious condition; the other victims sustained
light injuries. Bus driver Tal Goldberg, who escaped with relatively minor injuries,
said that a well-dressed young Arab with a moustache had boarded his bus at the
Israeli Arab town of Umm el-Fahm. He said that many bus drivers have expressed
anxiety about stopping in Um el-Fahm, which has a reputation as a center of Islamic
fundamentalism. The suicide bomber apparently aroused no suspicions; he paid his
fare with a 200 shekel note, and took his seat near the middle of the bus. The bus
driver said the the man had been waiting at the Umm al Fahm bus stop with two
friends, who patted him on the back and kissed him on the cheeks before he boarded
the bus. The bus route runs through a part of the country whose population is mixed
Jewish and Israeli Arab. The bus, normally full during the daytime, was carrying only
a handful of passengers at the time of the blast. It is possible that the bomber had
originally intended to target a more crowded bus, and that the explosives detonated
prematurely. At the same time, the blast occurred just as the bus passed a petrol
station and a military training base. There is some speculation that the terrorist hoped
that the explosion would start a blaze at the station, and that it would spread to the
nearby army base.
Sources:
Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post, Israel Radio
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yehiav Elshad
28
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Yehiav Elshad, the youngest of eight brothers and sisters, immigrated to Israel with
his family from Azerbaijan seven years ago. The family settled in Nazareth, but
Yehiav moved to Tel Aviv a few months ago to look for work.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Samuel Milshevsky
45
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kfar Sava
Profile:
Samuel Milshevsky immigrated to Israel a year and half ago from Estonia. His wife,
whom he divorced, and their son (17) and daughter (16), remained in Estonia. When
told of his death, his family in Estonia said that Samuel always wanted to live in
Israel, and therefore should be buried in Israel. His sister Sonia, who also immigrated
to Israel, lives in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Inbal Weiss
22
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Zichron Ya'akov
Profile:
Inbal Weiss was on her way to her parents' home for the weekend from Afula, where
she had recently rented an apartment. Her parents were waiting for her at the Gan
Shmuel junction and saw a lot of ambulances driving by. They were unable to reach
her on her cellular phone, and rushed to the nearby Hillel Yaffe hospital in Hadera,
where they learned that their eldest daughter had been killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Fares Abu Suleiman
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin
Profile:
Member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Carried out the suicide bombing on the No.
823 bus in Wadi Ara, killing three Israelis and wounding nine.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Guerilla Attack - Nov 26, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Checkpoint/Border Crossing
Erez Crossing, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 2
Details:
A Hamas suicide bomber detonated his explosives next to a Border Police position at
the Erez crossing, wounding two border policemen
Further Details
Taysir Ahmed Ajrami, who worked at the terminal, arrived at the border police
position and lifted up his belt of explosives so it was level with the post as he
detonated them. Two border policemen were lightly wounded in the legs and taken to
Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Taysir Ahmed Ajrami
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jebaliya refugee camp
Profile:
Taysir Ahmed Ajrami, 26, blew himself up at the Erez Crossing, worked at the
terminal. Hamas officials said Ajrami had carried out the surveillance work for the
attack himself and had left a letter at his home, which said: "It is time for me to offer
my soul... I have long wished to be a martyr for the sake of God to get revenge on the
Zionists for all they have done to our people and the killing of five children last week
and the assassination of the holy fighter Mahmoud Abu Hanoud."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Guerilla Attack - Nov 8, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Police Facility/Personnel
Baka el-Sharkiya, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 2
Details:
A Hamas suicide bomber blew himself up in Baka al-Sharkiya adjacent to the Green
Line wounding two members of the Border Police's special Yamam unit when he
detonated his bomb.
Further Details
One officer was moderately wounded, the second sustaining lighter injuries in the
blast. The policemen, part of a combined special forces unit, which included
Duvedevan undercover and Yamam special forces agents, were in the midst of
carrying out arrests of wanted Palestinians, when they came upon the bomber, who
then detonated the charge he was carrying.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mued Mahmud Ayadah Salah al-Din
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Tulkarm
Profile:
A Hamas suicide bomber who blew himself up in Baka al-Sharkiya, adjacent to the
Green Line, wounding two members of the Border Police's special Yamam unit.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Comments:
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
From captured documents: a Hamas activist. He was a student at Bir Zeit University
and later at Al-Najah University (institutions where the fundamentalist Islamic
movements have considerable influence). He carried out a suicide attack in Baq’a al
Sharqiya on 8 November 2001. He blew himself up next to a border guard force
approaching to arrest him en route to a suicide attack inside Israel. As a result, two
Israeli border guard policemen were lightly wounded.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Oct 7, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Kibbutz Sheluhot, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 0
Details:
A 43 year-old resident of Kibbutz Sheluhot was killed when a Palestinian suicide
terrorist detonated a large bomb strapped to his body near the entrance of the kibbutz
in the Beit She'an Valley.
Further Details
Yair Mordechai, who was apparently driving into Kibbutz Sheluhot at around 8:15
A.M., had stopped alongside the terrorist and appeared to be questioning him when
the explosion occurred. Both Yair and the terrorist were killed instantly.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yair Mordechai
43
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kibbutz Sheluhot
Profile:
Mordechai, a kibbutz member, had worked for several years as manager of a nearby
regional factory for processing dates. He came to Kibbutz Sheluhot 20 years ago from
Kiryat Shmona because of his love for one of the kibbutz members. They married and
had four children, but later were divorced. Several years ago, he married a second
time to a judge at the magistrate's court in Beit-She'an, Ira Mordechai. The couple had
a daughter who is now two years old. Yair Mordechai was laid to rest at the Kibbutz
Shluhot cemetery. Thousands of relatives and friends attended the funeral. "Thank
you Yair. You saved the whole kibbutz. Who knows what would have happened if
you hadn't been alert," were the words of goodbye to Yair.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ahmad Abdul Mun'em Ahmad Daraghmeh
17
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Toubas - Jenin
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the 7 Oct 01 attack at the entrance to Kibbutz
Sheluhot.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
phrmg
Terror Attack - Sep 9, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Nahariya, Israel
Killed: 3
Injured: 90
Details:
Three people were killed and some 90 injured, most lightly, in a suicide bombing
near the Nahariya train station in Northern Israel. The terrorist, killed in the blast,
waited nearby until the train arrived from Tel-Aviv and people were exiting the
station, and then exploded the bomb he was carrying. Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Further Details
IsraelInsider.com reported: The Nahariya suicide bomber, an Israeli Arab, reportedly
departed from Jenin to carry out the attack. The Israel Security Agency said the
bomber had been sent by Qayas Adwan, one of the senior members of the military
wing of Hamas, a resident of Jenin.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website, Israelinsider
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yigal Goldstein
47
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yigal Goldstein was a successful landscape architect. He traveled to Nahariya on
Sunday morning to work on a project in the nearby town of Shlomi together with his
relative by marriage, Morel Derfler, a professional photographer. A terrorist carrying
a bomb waited near the train station in Nahariya until the train arrived from Tel-Aviv.
As the passengers were exiting the station, he detonated the bomb. Yigal Goldsetin
and Morel Derfler were two of the three people killed in the explosion, in which some
90 were injured. Yigal Goldstein was born in Nahariya. He studied architecture at
Carlton University in Ottawa, Canada. He began his career as an architect in Israel 19
years ago in Tel-Aviv, and moved to Jerusalem a year later. In 1994 he opened his
own firm, working mostly on public projects. Family friends told reporters, "He was a
wonderful man with distinctive qualities, a good friend, a dedicated husband and
father, and an excellent professional." He was a firm believer in peace and coexistence with the Palestinians.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Morel Derfler
45
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Mevasseret Zion
Profile:
Morel Derfler, a professional photographer, traveled to Nahariya on Sunday morning
with his relative by marriage, architect Dr. Yigal Goldstein to work on a project in the
nearby town of Shlomi. A terrorist carrying a bomb waited near the train station in
Nahariya until the train arrived from Tel-Aviv. As the passengers were exiting the
station, he detonated the bomb. Morel Derfler and Yigal Goldtstin were two of the
three people killed in the explosion, in which some 90 were injured. Derfler was a
well-known photographer who had exhibited his work both in Israel and abroad,
including ArtFocus at the Israel Museum and exhibits at the Ramat-Gan Museum, the
Haifa Museum, and the Artspace Gallery in the United States. Most of his
photographs were black and white. Morel Derfler was the official photographer of the
Haifa Theater for 15 years, and also worked with other theaters, including Habimah
and Beit Lessin. Many of his photographs appeared in well-known theater placards.
He also headed the photography department at the Wizo College in Haifa, where he
himself had studied. Oded Kotler, former director of the Haifa Theater, related that
Morel Derfler was a wonderful and sensitive photographer who penetrated the very
spirit of the play. Noam Semel, another former director of the Haifa Theater, related
that Derfler believed in co-existence and was active in the establishment of the Haifa
Theater's Arabic theater program in the 1980s.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Daniel Yifrah
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Daniel Yifrah began his army service about a year ago, and on Sunday morning was
returning to his base in northern Israel, after spending the weekend vacationing with
friends in Tiberias. He had stayed in Tel-Aviv on Saturday night in order to catch the
morning train to Nehariya. A terrorist carrying a bomb waited near the train station in
Nahariya until the train arrived from Tel-Aviv. As the passengers were exiting the
station, he detonated the bomb. Sgt. Daniel Yifrah was one of the three people killed
in the explosion, in which some 90 were injured. Danny lived with his family first in
the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem and later in Pisgat Ze'ev. He studied both
theater and music at the High School of the Arts. His friends described him as a great
actor, a gifted writer and musician. He loved soccer, and had many friends. Jonathan
Friedman, Danny's friend since first grade, said, "There was no one who didn't love
him. He was the best person, he couldn't hurt a fly."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mohammed Salah Hobeishi
48
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Israel Muslim Abu Snan
Profile:
Israel Arab who carried out the suicide bombing at the Nahariya train station on 9 Sep
01. He was the first Israeli Arab to carry out this kind of attack since the start of the
al-Aksa intifada. The Israel Security Agency said the bomber had been sent by Qayas
Adwan, one of the senior members of the military wing of Hamas, a resident of Jenin.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
IsraelInsider, phrmg
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - Sep 9, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Beit Lid Junction, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber died in the explosion of a car at the Beit Lid Junction.
Four Israeli civilians were injured, but the bomber was the sole fatality.
Further Details
According to documents captured in Operation Defensive Shield, on the suicide
bomber: Born in Tulkarm, served as a police officer in the Palestinian Authority. At
the end of the 1980s, he was a Fatah activist who participated in attacks against
Palestinian collaborators and in the kidnapping of a Jew in Tulkarm. He later joined
the PIJ. On 9 September 2001, he carried out a suicide attack in Bet Lid Junction,
where a car bomb wounded 8 Israelis.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, PHRMG
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
'Abd al Fatah Muhammad Muslah Rashed
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Irtah - Tulkarm
Profile:
A Palestinian suicide bomber died in the explosion of a car at the Beit Lid Junction.
Four Israeli civilians were injured, but the bomber was the sole fatality.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Comments:
Documents captured in Operation Defensive Shield: Born in Tulkarm, served as a
police officer in the Palestinian Authority. At the end of the 1980s he was a Fatah
activist who participated in attacks against Palestinian collaborators and in the
kidnapping of a Jew in Tulkarm. He later joined the PIJ. On 9 September 2001, he
carried out a suicide attack in Bet Lid Junction, where a car bomb wounded 8 Israelis.
Sources:
phrmg
Terror Attack - Sep 4, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 13
Details:
Thirteen people were injured by a suicide bomber in downtown Jerusalem during the
morning rush hour.
Further Details
Police said that passersby had called to their attention a suspicious person in front of
the city's Bikur Holim Hospital. Two border policemen approached the man, who was
disguised as an orthodox Jew, and called on him to stop. One of the border
policemen, Gai Mugrabi told Israel Radio that he and his partner approached to
within some four meters of the suspect. At that point, said Mugrabi, "The man
stopped, turned toward us with a sort of grin, and reached for his bag with his right
hand to detonate the bomb." Mugrabi was lightly injured, but his partner sustained
life-threatening injuries and was taken to Bikur Holim Hospital for emergency
surgery. A dozen other people were also admitted to hospital, but most sustained
minor injuries. A doctor at Bikur Holim hospital said the injured were suffering from
burns, and injuries inflicted by the nails, screws and shards of metal contained in the
bomb. "If he had managed to walk another hundred meters, it would have been a
massacre," said a police source. The blast occurred about two blocks from Jerusalem's
busiest pedestrian crossing on the corner of King George and Jaffa roads. A suicide
bombing there last month killed 15 people and injured over a hundred.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Israel Radio, Ha'aretz
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ra'ed Nabil al-Barghouti
26
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim 'Aboud - Ramallah
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack near the Bikur Holim hospital in Jerusalem
on 4 Sep 01. The bomber was the sole fatality.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
phrmg
Terror Attack - Aug 12, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Embassy
Kiryat Motzkin, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 21
Details:
21 people were injured in a suicide bombing in the Wall Street Cafe in the center of
Kiryat Motzkin at 17:30. The terrorist was killed.
Further Details
The attack occurred at about 17:25 on Sunday afternoon, in the Wall Street
Restaurant in Kiryat Motzkin, a suburb of Haifa. Witnesses said the bomber walked
into the crowded restaurant, approached a waitress and said, "Do you know what I'm
carrying?" He then showed her the belt of explosives around his waist, at which she
shouted, "Terrorist! Terrorist!" Upon hearing her cries, the diners jumped to their feet
and rushed from the restaurant. Restaurant owner, Aharon Roseman picked up a chair
and hurled it at the bomber, before taking cover behind a low wall. It was at that point
that the attacker activated his explosives. The bomber reportedly entered Haifa in a
taxi, thus evading a cordon of police blockades encircling the city in the wake of
intelligence warnings that a suicide attack was imminent. Police in Haifa arrested the
taxi driver, who admitted to ferrying the attacker to the restaurant, while claiming that
he had no notion of what the man intended until it was too late.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mahmoud Baker Nasser
27
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Qabatiya - Jenin
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack on a cafe in Kiryat Motzkin on 12 August.
The bomber was the sole fatality. According to the PIJ, he had served in the
Palestinian security services prior to being chosen to carry out the suicide operation.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
phrmg
Terror Attack - Aug 9, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Restaurant
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 15
Injured: 130
Details:
A suicide bombing at a pizza restaurant in the center of Jerusalem killed 15 people-mostly young families and tourists--and wounded more than 90. Six children were
among the dead. At roughly 14:00, a blast devastated a crowded Sbarro Pizzeria at
the corner of King George and Jaffa streets. More than 90 people were wounded--two
critically and ten seriously. The pizzeria, located at one of the busiest street corners in
downtown Jerusalem, is a favorite for families and school children on summer
vacation, and a number of infants are amongst the dead and wounded. Five of the
dead were members of the same family, including the parents and three children, aged
14, 4 and 2. Two other daughters, 8 and 7, were wounded, one severely. Unexploded
fragments of the bomb were found by police sappers and detonated in a controlled
explosion. Security forces are currently searching for additional devices. Both Hamas
and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Israeli security sources later
said that the bombing was the work of Hamas.
Further Details
The following information is from the website of the Israel Foreign Ministry: The
headquarters of the Hamas organization in Samaria, located in Nablus, is responsible
for today's (9 August) attack in Jerusalem. That same headquarter is responsible for
the attacks on the Dolphinarium nightclub (1 June) and the "HaSharon" shopping
mall in Netanya (18 May), as well as a long list of additional lethal attacks. This cell
has operated for a long time, undisturbed, in areas under the control of the Palestinian
Authority (PA). It has prepared bombs, recruited and trained suicide bombers and
dispatched them to locations in Israel. This past month, as a result of Israel's attempt
to implement the Tenet document, detailed information - which included the names of
senior members of this cell - was given to the Palestinian Security Forces. This
information was accompanied by the request that specific terrorist attacks be
prevented, as Israel's Security Forces had information about the plans for these
attacks. On July 13, the Palestinian Security Forces were asked to arrest Abas Sayid
from Tulkarem, who was in the process of dispatching a terrorist attack against Israel.
The Palestinian Authority did nothing. On July 29, the Palestinian Security Forces
were asked to arrest Iman Halaveh from Nablus, in order to prevent another planned
terrorist attack. Yet again the PA did nothing. Members of this cell who had been
dispatched by these two terrorists carried out two attacks in Jerusalem: a car bomb
which exploded in the underground parking garage of an eight-story residential
building in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood and an explosive devise placed in a
supermarket (29 July). By some miracle, neither attack caused serious casualties. On
July 31, Israeli Security Forces were left with no choice but to attack Jamal Mansour
and Jamal Damoni, two of the leaders of this same headquarters in Nablus, in order to
prevent their plan to send suicide bombers to attack Israeli targets. On August 8,
another member of this cell - Nihad Abu Kishak - was apprehended by Israel.
Amongst his belongings was the will of an additional suicide bomber - Basset Uda
from Tulkarem. Kishak admitted his activities, conducted jointly with Amar Hadiri
(also from Tulkarem) aimed at sending suicide bombers into the Sharon area. As a
result, the Israeli Security Forces were compelled to act against Hadiri so as to
prevent his activities. Information about Uda, the designated suicide bomber was
given to the Palestinian Security Forces. Again, nothing was done. On August 8, an
additional suicide bomber was dispatched in a car bomb driven by Asraf Sayid. The
car exploded close to Moshav Baka'ot, causing injury to an Israeli soldier. At the
same time, the cell planned another attack in Jerusalem. Information about Abdullah
Barghouti, who was in Ramallah and was directly responsible for dispatching the
suicide bomber was given on August 9 to the Palestinian Security Forces in an
attempt to prevent the attack. Yet again nothing was done, and the result was the
terrible terrorist attack against a pizzeria in the center of Jerusalem.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Giora Balash
60
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Brazil
Jewish Brazil
Profile:
Giora Balash, 60, of Brazil, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in the
heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Giora Balash and his wife,
Flora, were in Israel to celebrate the marriage of their son. Flora was injured in the
blast. Giora Balash was buried in Ashkelon.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Flora Balash
Nationality:
Brazil
Profile:
Age:
Gender:
Unknown
Religion:
Jewish Brazil
Female
Residence:
Flora Balash was wounded in the suicide bombing at the Sbarro Pizzeria, in which
her husband Giora was killed. The couple were in Israel to celebrate the marriage of
their son.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Name:
Age: Gender:
Zvika Golombek
26
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Carmiel
Profile:
Zvika, the oldest son in the Golombek family, had spent a year traveling in South
America after completing army service in the Engineering Corps. He completed his
BA studies in international relations at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he
met Na'ama. Zvika and Na'ama, who were both planning to begin studies for master
degrees, had recently become engaged. The two were dining together in the Sbarro
fast-food restaurant when the bomb was detonated. Na'ama was injured in the blast.
Zvika Golombek was buried in Carmiel.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
Zvika's fiance, Na'ama was injured in the same attack.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shoshana Greenbaum
31
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
United States
Jewish New Jersey
Profile:
Shoshana Yehudit Greenbaum, 31, an American tourist from New Jersey, was one of
15 people killed in a suicide bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded
pizza restaurant. Shoshana, an only child, had arrived in Israel with her husband,
Shmuel, as part of her graduate studies. She was pregnant at the time of her death.
She and her husband were excited about having their first child. Shoshana Yehudit
Greenbaum was buried in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Lily Shimashvili
33
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Lily Shimashvili, 33, of Jerusalem, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing
in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Among the other victims
of the attack was Lily's daughter, Tamara, 8. Lily and Tamara arrived in Israel only
eight months ago from Moscow, following the rest of their family, who are originally
Georgian. Lily, a doctor by profession, had been studying Hebrew in Jerusalem and
hoped to find employment in one of the city's hospitals. Lily Shimashvili was buried
in Jerusalem alongside her daughter, Tamara. She is survived by her parents, a son,
Yaakov, 3, and her husband, Yura, who was in Moscow at the time of the bombing.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tamara Shimashvili
8
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tamara Shimashvili, 8, of Jerusalem, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Among the
other victims of the attack was Tamara's mother, Lily. Her father, Yura, was in
Moscow at the time of the bombing. Lily and Tamara arrived in Israel only eight
months ago from Moscow, following the rest of their family, who are originally
Georgian. Tamara had successfully completed first grade in Pisgat Ze'ev. Tamara
Shimashvili was buried in Jerusalem alongside her mother, Lily.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tehila Moaz
18
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Tehila Maoz, 18, of Jerusalem, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in
the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Tehila was a waitress at the
Sbarro fast-food restaurant, where the attack occurred. She was to celebrate her 19th
birthday in two weeks, and was due to begin her national service in another month.
Her older brother Amnon described her as a special and intelligent girl, full of
warmth and love. Tehila Maoz was buried in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Frieda Mendelsohn
62
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Frieda Mendelsohn, 62, of Jerusalem, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Frieda
Mendelsohn, in town for medical tests, had not eaten since the previous day.
Although she never ate out, she stopped to have something with her daughter at the
Sbarro fast-food restaurant when the bomb went off. Her daughter was injured in the
explosion. Frieda Mendelsohn was buried in Jerusalem. She left behind a husband,
Shimon, six children and 38 grandchildren.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mordechai Schijveschuurder
43
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Neria
Profile:
Mordechai (Moti) Schijveschuurder, 43, of Neria, was one of 15 people killed in a
suicide bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Among
the other victims were Mordechai's wife Tzira, 41, and children Ra'aya, 14, Yitzhak,
4, and Hemda, 2. Two other daughters were injured in the attack. They had come to
spend the day in Jerusalem, to relax from the tension of frequent shootings near their
home in Neria, a community in Samaria. Three older brothers who did not join the
family outing identified the bodies. Mordechai Schijveschuurder was born in
Amsterdam to a long-established Dutch Jewish family, who had lived in the
Netherlands for 400 years. He immigrated to Israel in 1977 and studied at the
Ponevitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. He met Tzira in Israel, and they were married in
1978. Alongside his religious studies, Mordechai studied economics at Bar Ilan
University and later managed a chemical import business. The family later moved to
Jerusalem, and in 1994 to Neria. Mordechai Schijveschuurder was buried in
Jerusalem, along with his wife and three children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tzira Schijveschuurder
41
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Neria
Profile:
Tzira (Dura) Schijveschuurder, 41, of Neria, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Tzira (nee
Friedman) was born in Netanya. She married Mordechai Schijveschuurder in 1978,
and over the years gave birth to eight children. After completing her studies at TelAviv Univeristy, she worked as a therapist at the Shmaya school for deaf children in
Bnei Brak. The Schijveschuurder family later moved to Jerusalem, and in 1994 to
Neria, where their two youngest children, Yitzhak and Hemda, were born.. Tzira
Schijveschuurder was buried in Jerusalem, along with her husband and three children.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
Among the other victims were Tzira's husband Mordechai, and their children Ra'aya,
14, Yitzhak, 4, and Hemda, 2. Two other daughters were injured in the attack. They
had come to spend the day in Jerusalem, to relax from the tension of frequent
shootings near their home in Neria, a community in Samaria. Three older brothers
who did not join the family outing identified the bodies.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ra'aya Schijveschuurder
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Jewish Neria
14
Female
Residence:
Profile:
Ra'aya Schijveschuurder, 14, of Neria, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Ra'aya grew up
in Petah Tikva. She had completed junior high school in Ofra, and was to enter the
Ma'ale Levona school for girls in September. Ra'aya Schijveschuurder was buried in
Jerusalem, along with her parents and her two young siblings.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hemda Schijveschuurder
2
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Neria
Profile:
Hemda Schijveschuurder, 2, of Neria, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
Among the other victims were Hemda's parents, Tzira and Mordechai, her brother
Yitzhak, 4, and sister Ra'aya, 14. Two other sisters were injured in the attack. They
had come to spend the day in Jerusalem, to relax from the tension of frequent
shootings near their home in Neria, a community in Samaria. Three older brothers
who did not join the family outing identified the bodies.
Sources:
ww.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avraham Yitzhak Schijveschuurder
4
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Neria
Profile:
Yitzhak Schijveschuurder, 4, of Neria, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Avraham
Yitzhak was born in Neria, where he attended kindergarten. He had recently boasted
that he knew the entire "aleph-bet" by heart. His eldest brother, Meir, told how his
youngest brother would jump on him and hug him whenever he came home from the
army. Avraham Yitzhak Schijveschuurder was buried in Jerusalem, along with his
parents and his two sisters.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
Among the other victims were Yitzhak's parents, Tzira and Mordechai, her sister
Ra'aya, 14, and sister Hemda, 2. Two other sisters were injured in the attack. They
had come to spend the day in Jerusalem, to relax from the tension of frequent
shootings near their home in Neria, a community in Samaria. Three older brothers
who did not join the family outing identified the bodies.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Malka Roth
Age:
Gender:
15
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel Australia
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Malka (Malki) Roth, 15, of Jerusalem, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Malka
immigrated to Israel with her family from Melbourne, Australia in 1988. Born in the
middle of three older brothers and three younger sisters, one of whom is severely
handicapped, Malka helped her mother caring for the handicapped child. Based on
her experience with her handicapped sister, she volunteered to work with
handicapped children. Malki was a gifted musician who played the classical flute.
She studied at the prominent Horev girls' school in Jerusalem. She and Michal Raziel,
who was also killed in the explosion, had grown up together and were good friends
from an early age. They were both members of the Ezra youth movement, and had
stopped for lunch at the pizzeria on their way to an activity in Talpiot. Malka Roth
was buried in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Michal Raziel
15
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Killed in Sbarro Pizzeria bombing on 9 Aug 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yocheved Shoshan
10
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Yocheved Shoshan, 10, of Jerusalem, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide
bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant. Yocheved had
gone with her mother, Esther, and her sisters Rachel and Michal, to the pizzeria and
were seated on the second floor. Yocheved and Michal had gone back downstairs to
order another slice of pizza. Yocheved was killed instantly in the explosion; Michal
was seriously wounded. Yocheved Shoshan was the great-granddaughter of Rabbi
Israel Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali, a Moroccan sage. She was buried in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ezzedin Ahmad al-Masri
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Qubeiba - Jenin
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack on the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem on 9
Aug 01, killng 15 people.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
phrmg
Name:
Age: Gender:
Chana Nachenberg
32
Female
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Israel United States Jewish unknown
Profile:
Chana Nachenberg, 32, an American Israeli, was injured on Aug. 9, 2001 when a
suicide bomber blew himself up in a Jerusalem restaurant.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
Associated Press
Guerilla Attack - Aug 8, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
B'kaot, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 1
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber was killed when he detonated his car bomb, lightly
wounding one soldier, at a roadblock near the B'kaot moshav in the Northern Jordan
Valley shortly after 9:00. One soldier was lightly wounded.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ashraf Mohammad Subhi Assayed
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
Suicide bomber who detonated a car bomb, lightly wounding one soldier, at a
roadblock near the B'kaot moshav in the northern Jordan Valley.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
phrmg
Terror Attack - Aug 4, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Jordan Valley, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
The quick thinking of a bus driver prevented the bombing of a public bus in the
Jordan Valley. The bus driver said that a young man carrying a suspicious-looking
bag got on the bus at one of the stops near Beit She'an. The driver immediately
moved to push the man off the bus and get the bag away from him before he could
detonate the explosives. After calling for two soldiers on the bus to disable the
bomber, the driver moved the bus a safe distance away.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz
Terror Attack - Jul 16, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
Binyamina, Israel
Killed: 2
Injured: 11
Details:
At about 19:30 on a Monday evening, a suicide bomber exploded a bomb at a bus
stop near the train station in Binyamina, halfway between Netanya and Haifa. Cpl.
Hanit Arami, 19, and St.Sgt. Avi Ben Harush, 20, both of Zichron Yaakov, were
killed and 11 wounded - 3 seriously.
Further Details
On July 11, the Palestinian Security Forces were asked to arrest Mahmoud Norsi
from the Jenin refugee camp, in order to prevent a terrorist attack he had planned. The
Palestinian Authority did nothing and the result was the deadly attack near the
Binyamina train station, in which two people were killed and eight injured. This cell
continued its activities and on July 22, it attempted to carry out another terrorist
attack in Haifa. A catastrophe was prevented thanks to Israeli Security Forces who
managed to arrest Morad - Mahmoud Norsi's brother - who was supposed to blow
himself up in the Carmalit subway in Haifa. Mahmoud Norsi was also responsible for
a terrorist attack in Beit She'an (August 2), in which heavy casualties were prevented
only by miracle. A statement published by the Israel Foreign Ministry on August 10
said that Mahmoud Norsi and fellow members of his terrorist cell were continuing
their activities undisturbed. According to the statement, the cell is currently planning
a terrorist attack in Israel to be carried out by a suicide bomber by the name of Hassin
Abu Nassa from Jenin.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hanit Arami
19
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Zichron Yaakov
Profile:
Hanit grew up in Zichron Yaakov, where she excelled in her studies. She had been in
the army for about a year, serving in an intelligence unit in Tel Aviv, and was
returning home from the base. Her parents, Carmela and Sammy, heard about the
bombing on the radio and came to the train station to look for their daughter. Several
hours later, they were informed that she had been killed. Hanit Arami was buried in
Zichron Yaakov. She is survived by her parents, an older sister who is serving in the
army, and two younger sisters.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Avi Ben Harush
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Zichron Yaakov
Profile:
Avi, the second in a family of five children and a soldier in the Golani brigade, was
on his way home on leave. He grew up in Zichron Yaakov where he attended the
Javetz School. He completed his high school studies at a boarding school in Carmiel.
Avi Ben Harush had originally served in a commando unit and could have been
released from army service following an injury. He had chosen instead to join the
computer unit at the Golani base near Nahariya. Relatives related that Avi loved life,
loved the army, and especially loved the sea. His family is well-known in the small
town of Zichron Yaakov. His father, Yehuda, a retired Border Guard officer, writes a
column in a local newspaper.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Uniformed Non-Combatant
Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nidal Mustafa Ibrahim Abu Shaduf
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Burkin
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack in Binyamina on 16 July 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
MOD, phrmg
Terror Attack - Jul 10, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Checkpoint/Border Crossing
Kissufim Crossing, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber was killed in a car-bombing attack near the Kissufim
crossing point in the Southern Gaza Strip, causing no other casualties.
Further Details
Disaster was averted as the bomb exploded without hitting any other vehicles.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Nafez Ayesh Al-Nad'ar
26
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jabalya refugee camp
Profile:
Palestinian suicide bomber killed in a car-bombing attack near the Kissufim crossing
point on 10 July 01. He was the sole fatality.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
MOD, phrmg
Guerilla Attack - Jun 22, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Dugit, Gaza Strip
Killed: 2
Injured: 0
Details:
Two Israeli soldiers were killed near Dugit in the Gaza Strip when they went to the
aid of Palestinians who said their car was stuck in the sand. The jeep with yellow
Israeli license plates, supposedly stuck in the sand, blew up as they approached.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Further Details
On a Friday afternoon, a Givati unit was patrolling the Shikma beach area near Dugit
when the soldiers noticed a jeep with Israeli license plates apparently stuck in the
sand. Several Palestinians nearby beckoned to the soldiers for assistance. Iszak and
Kit got out of their jeep and walked towards the stuck jeep. The suicide bomber
inside detonated his explosives, mortally wounding the two, who died shortly after.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Aviv Iszak
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kfar Saba
Profile:
Sgt. Aviv Iszak, 19, of Kfar Saba was killed near Dugit in the Gaza Strip as a jeep
with yellow Israeli license plates, supposedly stuck in the sand, blew up as he and
Sgt. Ofir Kit approached the jeep. A close friend of the Iszak family described Aviv
as an outstanding student and excellent basketball player. Aviv, drafted 11 months
ago into the army, had wanted to serve in an elite combat unit, but joined the Givati
infantry brigade because of his eyesight. He served for two months in Kfar Darom, in
the southern Gaza Strip and was recently sent to the Dugit area, considered a quieter
assignment. He was to have soon to have begun officer training. Aviv graduated from
the Katznelson high school in Kfar Saba. He began his studies in the special
basketball track, but then switched to a class for gifted pupils, majoring in chemistry
and physics. He had planned to continue his studies in physics after his army service.
Aviv Iszak is survived by his parents, Hannah and Ilan, and his younger brother,
Omer (16), and sister, Noa (10). He was laid to rest in the military cemetary in Kfar
Saba.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ofir Kit
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Jerusalem
Profile:
Sgt. Ofir Kit, 19, of Jerusalem was killed near Dugit in the Gaza Strip as a jeep with
yellow Israeli license plates, supposedly stuck in the sand, blew up as he and Sgt.
Aviv Iszak approached the jeep. Ofir had phoned his parents just 15 minutes earlier.
He told his father that he was not afraid to die for his country, if necessary. He said he
had to hang up because his friend, Aviv, needed his help. They then approached the
jeep. Ofir's cousin related that he was tall and good-looking, a good student and an
excellent sportsman. He attended at the Himmelfarb religious school in Jerusalem.
The Kit family lost their eldest son, Israel, eight years ago, to cancer. Ofir was the
family's mainstay, encouraging them to continue with their lives. He had planned to
study law after his army service. Kit's father Omer delivered the final eulogy.
"Burying a son is like the destruction of the Temple," he said. "I've lost two sons, and
experienced, it seems, the destruction of both Temples. I hope I won't become a
second Job, bereft of all sons." Ofir Kit was buried at the military cemetery on Mt.
Herzl in Jerusalem. He is survived by his parents, Dina and Omer, and his younger
brother Yair.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ismail Ma'asuabi
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Al-Shati/ Gaza
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack near Dugit on 22 Jun 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
MOD
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - Jun 1, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Entertainment Facility Tel-Aviv, Israel
Killed: 21
Injured: 120
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt amid a crowd of youngsters
outside a beachfront nightclub on Friday night, killing at least 20 and injuring more
than 120. The blast occurred shortly after 11:00 pm, when Tel-Aviv's Promenade was
full of young people, who gather on weekends to dance, drink and socialize.
Hundreds of young Israelis, including many Israeli Arabs, flock to the area's
beachfront nightclubs and discotheques every Friday night. The Dolphinarium, where
the blast occurred, is also popular with the children of new immigrants from the
former Soviet Union.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry Website
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Marina Berkovizki
17
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Marina Berkovizki, 17, of Tel Aviv, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing
at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Marina, who
rarely went out, perferring to study, according to friends, was at the discotheque to
celebrate her 17th birthday. Berkovizki immigrated to Israel with her family from
Uzbekistan four and a half years ago. Her father passed away two years ago, and
Marina is survived by her mother and older brother. Marina Berkovizki was buried in
the Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Jan Bloom
25
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Gan
Profile:
Jan Bloom, 25, of Ramat Gan, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a
Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night, June 1. Mortally
wounded in the blast, he died two days later. Jan Bloom came to Israel six months
ago with his wife Irena and their two-year old daughter. Jan studied Hebrew during
the day at an ulpan, and worked as a security guard at night at the Dolphin
discotheque. On Friday night, he had just completed a check of the parking area and
had returned to the entrance to open the disco. He suffered a serious head injury as a
result of the blast, with two metal balls lodging in his brain, and remained
unconscious until his death on Sunday, June 3. Jan is survived by his wife and
daughter, and by his parents - his father living in Israel, and his mother in the
Ukraine. Jan Bloom was buried in the Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Roman Dezanshvili
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Roman Dezanshvili, 21, of Bat Yam, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide
bombing at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Roman
Dezanshvili immigrated to Israel with his family seven years ago from Tbilisi,
Georgia. Roman was about to finish a dental technician program at Jaffa's Amal high
school, and worked three times a week at a Holon dental clinic. He delayed his army
service to complete his studies. His mother said her son was industrious and helped
her financially. Roman Dezanshvili is survived by his father, mother, and brother
Lary. He was buried in the Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yevgenia Dorfman
15
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat-Yam
Profile:
Yevgenia Dorfman, 15, of Bat-Yam, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide
bombing at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night, June 1.
Mortally wounded in the blast, she died 18 days later. Yevgenia Dorfman suffered a
mortal head injury in the explosion. For 18 days, the doctors fought to save her life,
although they knew, given the extent of the brain damage, that her chances of
survival were very slim. Her mother gave her a new middle name, Haya - "alive" - in
the hope that her life would be spared. On June 19 she succumbed to her injuries.
Yevgenia lived alone with her mother, a single parent. They immigrated to Israel
from Tashkent nine years ago. They lived simply, because of economic hardships, but
Yevgenia was well integrated and happy at school, where she was known by the
Hebrew name Keren. Yevgenia studied music and dance at the Arts School in Holon
and she had hoped to be a dancer. The school principal related that Yevgenia-Keren
was a good student and a very talented dancer. The members of her dance class
embroidered a patchwork quilt, which they had planned to present to her on her 16th
birthday in a few weeks. Yevgenia Dorfman was laid to rest in the Givat Shaul
cemetery in Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ilya Gutman
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Gan
Profile:
Ilya Gutman, 19, of Ramat Gan, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a
Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Ilya Gutman
immigrated to Israel from Kazakhstan nine years ago with his parents, Larissa and
Boris, and his brother Michael. He graduated from the Sharett high school in Bat
Yam and planned to study computers. He was exempted from army service so he
could help care for his severely disabled brother. Ilya was buried in the Yarkon
cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Anya Kazachkov
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Anya Kazachkov, 16, of Holon, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a
Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Anya was outside the
discotheque with her best friend, Mariana Madbaneko, when the bomb exploded.
Both were killed in the blast. Anya immigrated to Israel from Russia two years ago
with her mother and brother. Her mother related that Anya was full of life. "She
wanted to study, to serve in the army, and to get married." Anya was an 11th grade
student at Shevach High School, studying robotics. The school principal, Dr.
Benvenisti, said, "Her drawings decorate the walls of the school and they will remain
as a living memorial." She is survived by her mother and her brother Alex, aged 11.
Her father passed away 7 years ago in Russia. Anya Kazachkov was buried in the
Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mariana Medvedenko
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Mariana Medvedenko, 16, of Tel-Aviv, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide
bombing at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night.
Medvedenko immigrated to Israel with her family two and a half years ago from
northern Russia. She was studying drafting at Shelah High School in Tel-Aviv, where
she was to have taken her matriculation examinations during the week following the
attack. Her cousin Marik Mazganov said Mariana she loved to laugh, and was very
fond of her youngest brother Sasha. Mariana wanted to take her younger sister Sofa,
14, with her to the discotheque on Friday night, but her parents said she was too
young. Mariana is survived by her parents, a brother who remained in Russia, her
sister Sofa, twin brothers, and Sasha. Mariana Medvedenko was buried in Kibbutz
Givat Brenner.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Aleksei Lupalu
16
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Ukraine
Christian
Ukraine
Profile:
Aleksei Lupalu, 16, of the Ukraine, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing
at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Aleksei was killed
only six months after arriving in Israel with his family from the Ukraine. They are not
Jewish, but came to work in Israel to save money, hoping to improve their financial
situation and then to return home. Aleksei is survived by his parents, Lova and Ivan,
and by his older sister. His family announced their decision to return to the Ukraine,
where Aleksei was buried.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yelena Nelimov
18
Nationality:
Religion:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Female
Residence:
Yelena Nelimov, 18, of Tel Aviv, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at
a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Yelena and Yulia
immigrated from Russia five years ago with their mother, Ella, their brother Sasha,
now 14, and their grandmother. A family friend said it was the girls who pressed for
the family to immigrate to Israel. Yelena graduated from Shevah high school and
planned to continue her studies. Friends said the girls loved dancing and going out.
Yelena is survived by her brother, Sasha, as well as her mother and father, who still
resides in Russia. She was buried alongside her sister in the Yarkon cemetery in TelAviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
Yelena's sister, Yulia, 16, was also killed in the blast.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yulia Nelimov
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
Yulia Nelimov, 15, of Tel Aviv, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a
Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Yelena and Yulia
immigrated from Russia five years ago with their mother, Ella, their brother Sasha,
now 14, and their grandmother. A family friend said it was the girls who pressed for
the family to immigrate to Israel. Yelena graduated from Shevah high school and
planned to continue her studies. Friends said the girls loved dancing and going out.
Yulia is survived by her brother, Sasha, as well as her mother and father, who still
resides in Russia. She was buried alongside her sister in the Yarkon cemetery in TelAviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Comments:
Yulia's sister, Yelena, 18, was also killed in the blast.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Irina Nepomneschi
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Bat Yam
Profile:
Irina Nepomneschi, 16, of Bat Yam, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing
at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Irina
Nepomneschi immigrated to Israel from Uzbekistan five years ago with her family.
She studied business administration at the Shevah high school in Tel Aviv. Keren
Benayoun, vice principal at the school, said Irina was very intelligent and vivacious,
serious about her studies but also fun-loving. Irina was two weeks away from her
17th birthday. She leaves behind her parents and a younger brother, Pavel. Irina was
buried in the Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Raisa Nimrovsky
15
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Raisa Nimrovsky, 15, of Netanya, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing
at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Raisa Nimrovsky
immigrated to Israel with her mother seven years ago. According to Raisa's mother,
she usually went out in the Netanya area. Friday was to be her first time in a Tel Aviv
club, to which she went with her neighbor and friend, Maria Tagilchev. She was
excited about partying in Tel Aviv's big-city scene. Raisa and Maria were both killed
in the blast. Raisa is survived by her mother and grandmother. She was buried in
Netanya.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sergei Pancheskov
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Ukraine
Jewish Ukraine
Profile:
Sergei Pancheskov, 20, of the Ukraine, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide
bombing at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night, June 1.
Mortally wounded in the blast, he died the following day. Sergei Pancheskov, an only
child, came to Israel nine months ago to join his mother who was living here. His
father said, "He was a special, charming boy. Insteading of being drafted into the
Ukrainian army, he preferred to come to Israel." He planned to serve in the IDF.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Simona Rodin
18
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Simona Rodin, 18, of Holon, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a
Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. An only child, Simona
immigrated to Israel from Russia 12 years ago with her father, Mark, and mother Ira.
She attended the Kugel high school in Holon. Simona was a very sensitive and quiet
girl, who was liked by all. According to a cousin, Simona had told her she was going
to Dolphinarium club she had not been to for five months. She went there with her
best friend, Rita, who was severely wounded. Simona was very close to her parents
and was looking forward to serving in the army. Simona was buried in the Yarkon
cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Liana Sakiyan
16
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Gan
Profile:
Liana Sakiyan, 16, of Ramat Gan, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at
a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Liana arrived in
Israel from Moscow a year and a half ago, together with her mother and twin brother
Pyotr. Her father Leonid remained in Moscow. A friend of hers said that, despite her
family's absorption difficulties, she had tried to integrate into Israeli society as
quickly as possible. The principal of the Ironi Aleph high school she attended said
that Liana was an extremely gifted artist, and a high-spirited girl who quickly made
friends with both immigrants and Israeli-born. On Friday night, Liana went to the
disco with her brother and two girlfriends, who were both injured in the blast. Her
brother left soon after they arrived at the Dolphinarium because he did not have
enough money with him - entry was free for girls that night. Liana was buried in
Kibbutz Givat Brenner.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ori Shahar
32
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Gan
Profile:
Ori Shahar, 32, of Ramat Gan, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a
Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Ori Shahar, who lived
alone and worked as the "house father" at the Geulim community center in Ramat
Gan, was out walking near the Dolphinarium when bomb exploded, and was
returning to his car. Ramat Gan municipality spokesman Memi Pe'er said Ori was a
warm and gracious man, who helped the children at the community center. Ori is
survived by his parents, a sister and two brothers, one of whom lives in the United
States. Ori Shahar was buried in Kiryat Shaul.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yael-Yulia Sklianik
15
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Yael-Yulia Sklianik, 15, of Holon, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing
at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night, June 1. Mortally
wounded in the blast, she died the following day. Yael-Yulia Sklianik immigrated to
Israel with her family in 1990 from the former Soviet Union. Yael was a 9th grade
student at the Katzir high school in Holon. Her teacher said, "Yael was blond, blueeyed, full of life, and always smiling." Yael left behind her parents, Oleg and Iriana,
and an older sister, Liora. She was buried in the Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Maria Tagilchev
14
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Maria Tagilchev, 14, of Netanya, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at
a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Maria immigrated to
Israel from the Ural Mountains in Russia a year and a half ago with her mother, Olga.
Maria was an eighth-grader at the ORT Leibovich school, and was still having trouble
with Hebrew, but had many friends. Just two days before, a car bomb exploded
outside her school, while she was still inside. She decided to go to the Dolphin disco
on Friday night to relieve the tension. Maria was buried in Netanya.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Katherine Kastaniyada-Talkir
15
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Ramat Gan
Profile:
Katherine Kastaniyada-Talkir, 15, of Ramat Gan, was one of 21 people killed in a
suicide bombing at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night.
Katherine immigrated to Israel from Colombia nine years ago with her mother. Her
biological father lives in the United States. Katherine recently visited him in the U.S.,
after not seeing him for a long time. In Israel, her mother married Gabi Talkir, who
adopted Katherine as his daughter. They have a second child, now three. Katherine
was a student at the Pitman high school in Ramat Gan. She went to the discotheque
on Friday with her close friend, Alona, who was seriously injured in the attack. She
was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Jaffa.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Irena Usdachi
18
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Holon
Profile:
Irena Usdachi, 18, of Holon, was one of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a
Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly before midnight on Friday night. Irena Usdachi, an only
child, immigrated to Israel with her mother from the Ukraine four years ago, when
her parents separated. She celebrated her 18th birthday just a week ago. Irena was an
11th-grader at Holon's Herzog high school and also worked after school. School
principal Ruti Tendler said Irena was a remarkably industrious, intelligent girl, who
had chosen a difficult course of study in Russian language and literature. Irena was
buried in the Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Sa'ed al Hotary
21
Male
Nationality:
Secondary Nationality: Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Jordan Muslim Kalkilya
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack at the Dolphinarium on 1 Jun 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, phrmg
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Name:
Age: Gender:
Diez (Dani) Normanov
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel-Aviv
Profile:
One of 21 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Tel-Aviv discotheque shortly
before midnight on Friday night 1 June 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
mfa
Guerilla Attack - May 29, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Other/Unknown Tufah Checkpoint, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 2
Details:
Two Hamas members were killed while committing a suicide attack accompanied
with throwing grenades at the Tufah Checkpoint. Two soldiers were injured.
Sources:
MOD, PCHR
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ismail Arafat Al-‘Ashur
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim al-Amal, Gaza City
Profile:
A Hamas member killed while throwing grenades towards Tufah checkpoint.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
MOD, PCHR, phrmg
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Name:
Age: Gender:
‘Abdel-Mu’ti ‘Ali El-‘Assar
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim khan Yunis
Profile:
A Hamas member killed while throwing grenades towards Tufah checkpoint.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
MOD, phrmg
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - May 25, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
Hadera, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 65
Details:
65 people were injured in a car bombing at the Hadera Central Bus Station. The two
terrorists were killed in the explosion.
Sources:
Israel Foreign Ministry
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
'Ala Hilal Abdel Satar Sabbah
19
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin
Profile:
One of two PIJ suicide bomber who carried out a suicide car bomb in Hadera on 25
May 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ)
Sources:
MOD, phrmg
Name:
Age: Gender:
Osama Nimer Darwish Abu el Heija
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Jenin refugee camp
Profile:
One of two PIJ suicide bombers who carried out a suicide car bomb in Hadera on 25
May 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Sources:
MOD, phrmc
Guerilla Attack - May 24, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Netsarim, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A Hamas suicide bomber attempted to blow up an Israeli army guard post in Gaza.
Aventually the truck exploded some distance from the guard post killing only the
terrorist incide. According to an army statement, the driver drove an explosives-laden
truck at high speed toward the heavily fortified guard post at the Netzarim Junction
after bypassing a roadblock. After signaling the driver to stop and firing warning
shots, the soldiers opened fire on the truck, which exploded some distance from the
guard post. The driver was killed, but there were no casualties among the Israeli
troops.
Further Details
According to an army statement, the driver drove an explosives-laden truck at high
speed toward the heavily fortified guard post at the Netzarim Junction after bypassing
a roadblock. After signaling the driver to stop and firing warning shots, the soldiers
opened fire on the truck, which exploded some distance from the guard post. The
driver was killed, but there were no casualties among the Israeli troops.
Sources:
MOD, Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, Associated Press
Casualties:
Name:
Age:
Hussein Abu Nasser
Gender:
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Beit Lahiya
Profile:
Palestinian suicide bomber who crashed a truck-laden with explosives near Netzarim
Junction on 25 May. He was the sole fatality.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Unclear
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Sources:
MOD
Terror Attack - May 18, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Shopping Center
Netanya, Israel
Killed: 5
Injured: 100
Details:
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance of HaSharon Shopping
Mall in Netanya, killing five people and injuring 100.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Tirza Polonsky
66
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kfar Haim
Profile:
Tirza Polonsky, 66, of Moshav Kfar Haim was killed in a suicide bombing at
Hasharon Mall in the seaside city of Netanya. Tirza Polonsky was shopping in the
Hasharon Mall as she does every Friday when the terrorist exploded the bomb he was
carrying at the entrance to the shopping mall. Four other people were killed in the
blast and over 100 were injured. Polonsky was a teacher for many years and worked
at a community day-club in Hadera after her retirement. The day-club asked her to
replace another teacher that fateful Friday, but she refused because she did not want
to give up her day of shopping. Tirza Polonsky is survived by a husband, three
daughters, two sons and 11 grandchildren. She was laid to rest at the Kfar Haim
cemetery.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Vladislav Sorokin
34
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Vladislav Sorokin, 34, was killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in the
seaside city of Netanya. Vladislav Sorokin, originally from the Ukraine, immigrated
to Israel with his family in November 2000 from Magnitogorsk in northern Russia,
where they had already studied Hebrew in preparation for the move. In Israel, they
joined his wife's younger brother, German, who had immigrated five years earlier.
Vladislav worked as a helicopter technician. He is survived by his wife and 6-yearold son Sasha, who were both seriously injured in the bombing. Since their arrival in
Israel, the Sorokin family lived together in one apartment in Netanya together with
German's girlfriend, Yulia Tratiakova. They went together to the mall on Friday
morning, where Vladislav and Yulia were killed.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yulia Tratiakova
21
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Yulia Tratiakova, 21, of Netanya was killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in
the seaside city of Netanya. Yulia Tratiakova immigrated to Israel about six months
ago from her home in the northern Caucasus, leaving behind her parents and younger
sister. Three months ago, she met her boyfriend, German, who had immigrated five
years earlier. Yulia was taking a special Hebrew course for nurses together with
German's sister. Yulia Tratiakova went together with the Sorokin family to the mall
on Friday morning, where Yulia and Vladislav Sorokin were killed. Yulia is survived
by her parents and sister, as well as by her grandmother who lives in Netanya. Yulia,
who so wanted to live in Israel, was buried in Netanya.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Miriam Waxman
51
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Hadera
Profile:
Miriam Waxman, 51, of Hadera was killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in
the seaside city of Netanya. Miriam Waxman was shopping in the Hasharon Mall
when the terrorist exploded the bomb he was carrying at the entrance to the shopping
mall. Four other people were killed in the blast and over 100 were injured. Her
husband Yosef was critically injured. Miriam taught management at the Hadassah
Neurim boarding school. Her brother, Haim Washler, described her as "charismatic
and a perfectionist in everything she did." She loved animals, and raised parakeets,
dogs, cats and fish in her Hadera home. Their two sons, Chen and Hanoch, who are
studying dentistry in Romania, returned home for the funeral.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
David Yarkoni
53
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
David Yarkoni, 53, of Netanya was killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in
the seaside city of Netanya. David Yarkoni was killed when the terrorist exploded the
bomb he was carrying at the entrance to the shopping mall. Four other people were
killed in the blast and over 100 were injured. David Yarkoni immigrated to Israel
from India in 1948. He worked as a gardener at the Wingate Institute for 20 years and
had recently started looking for a new job. He is survived by two sisters, both of
whom live in the Golan Heights. His brother, Shmuel, died 18-years ago. Yarkoni's
sister, Tova Yevel, described her brother as "a bookworm. He used to read non-stop,
especially history books. His house was full of books." His neighbor, Rina Barok,
described him as a quiet, modest man who loved movies and had a great knowledge
of history.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mahmoud Ahmad Marmash
20
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Danba/ Tulkarem
Profile:
The suicide bomber who carried out the attack in Netanya on 18 May 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
MOD, phrmg
Terror Attack - Apr 29, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Near Nablus, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A car bomb blew up close to a school bus travelling near the West Bank city of
Nablus. There were no injuries in the attack. The body of the suicide bomber was
found in the car. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sources:
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Jamal Abd Ghani Rashid Nasser
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nablus
Profile:
The suicide bomber.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
MOD, phrmg
Terror Attack - Apr 22, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
Kfar Sava, Israel
Killed: 1
Injured: 60
Details:
A terrorist detonated a powerful bomb that he was carrying near a group of people
waiting at a bus stop on the corner of Weizman and Tchernichovsky streets in Kfar
Saba. One person was killed and about 60 injured in the blast, including two severely.
The terrorist was also killed in the explosion, for which Hamas claimed
responsibility.
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Mario Goldin
53
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Kfar Saba
Profile:
Dr. Mario Goldin, 53, of Kfar Sava, was killed when a terrorist detonated a powerful
bomb he was carrying near a group of people waiting at a bus stop on the corner of
Weizman and Tchernichovsky streets. Goldin, 53, married with three children, was in
charge of the pain clinic at the Beit Levinstein rehabilitation center. He also worked
in the orthopedic ward at Meir Hospital and had treated and helped many victims of
terror attacks. He was on his way to Meir Hospital on Tuesday morning, and decided
to take the bus. He was killed immediately. Mario Goldin immigrated from Argentina
24 years ago. Colleagues and friends said he was a "genuinely good man" and an
outstanding doctor who had pioneered the establishment of the pain clinic in the early
1980s. His main aim in life was to ease the suffering of others. He is survived by his
wife, a physiotherapist at Meir Hospital, two sons, and a daughter. He was buried in
Kfar Sava.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Omar Salem Abu 'Ateiwy
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Gaza City
Profile:
The suicide bomber who carried out the attack in Kfar Saba on 22 Apr 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
mod, phrmg
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - Mar 28, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus stop
"Peace Rendezvouz" Kiosk, Israel
Killed: 2
Injured: 4
Details:
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a bus stop frequented by pupils on their way
to school. Two children were killed, along with the bomber. Four youths, aged 13 to
15, were injured, one critically.
Further Details
The bomber was seen alighting from a van driven from the direction of the
Palestinian autonomous city of Kalkilya at 7:30 in the morning. He approached the
bus stop where a dozen teenagers were waiting for rides to school and detonated an
explosive belt. In a phone call to Reuters news agency, the Hamas military wing, Izz
e-Din al-Qassam, claimed responsibility for the blast.
Sources:
Israel Radio, Jerusalem Post, Reuters
Casualties:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Naftali Lanzkorn
13
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Petah Tikvah
Profile:
Naftali Lanzkorn, 13, of Petah Tikva was killed in a suicide bombing at the Mifgash
Hashalom ("peace stop") gas station east of Kfar Saba. Naftali was a student at the
"Bnei Hayil" yeshiva in Kedumim in Samaria. The school for junior high and high
school boys was established three years ago to provide a framework for pupils
suffering from attention deficit disorders (ADD) who have difficulty coping in a
regular framework. He and some of his fellow students would wait near the gas
station every morning for the bulletproof bus that took them to school. On
Wednesday morning, the suicide bomber positioned himself among the group of
teenage boys in the parking lot and then blew himself up. Naftali Lanzkorn was killed
along with Eliran Rosenberg-Zayat. Four of their fellow students were injured. Math
teacher Efrat Velner related that Naftali was loved by pupils and teachers alike. "He
was very mature for his age, he was concerned as to whether we would succeed in
completing the required learning material by the end of the year. He often used to talk
about trips he planned to take with his family. I really enjoyed teaching him," she
said. Naftali Lanzkorn, who loved basketball, celebrated his Bar-Mitzva only two
months ago. He was the youngest child of 10 of a family that immigrated to Israel
from Britain in the early 1970s. His father said that on his way to school, the boy told
him he thought there would be a bombing yesterday morning. Naftali Lanzkorn was
buried in Petah Tikva.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Eliran Rosenberg-Zayat
15
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Givat Shmuel
Profile:
Eliran Rosenberg-Zayat, 15, of Givat Shmuel was killed in a suicide bombing at the
Mifgash Hashalom ("peace stop") gas station east of Kfar Saba. Eliran was a 9th
grade student at the "Bnei Hayil" yeshiva in Kedumim in Samaria. The school for
junior high and high school boys was established three years ago to provide a
framework for pupils suffering from attention deficit disorders (ADD) who have
difficulty coping in a regular framework. He and some of his fellow students would
wait near the gas station every morning for the bulletproof bus that took them to
school. On Wednesday morning, the suicide bomber positioned himself among the
group of teenage boys in the parking lot and then blew himself up. Eliran Rosenberg
was killed along with Naftali Lanzkorn. Four of their fellow students were injured.
Eliran was a computer enthusiast, and was always ready to help his classmates. His
math teacher Efrat Velner related that Eliran always smiled and laughed. "He treated
me as a friend and not just a teacher, he was very bright," she said. Eliran was the
oldest child of Michal and Yoram Rosenberg, who had divorced and remarried. He
was close to both families who lived in Givat Shmuel, comprising seven brothers and
sisters. His stepfather, Rafael Zayat, related that, on the day he was killed, Eliran was
to have received a school award for excellence. Eliran Rosenberg-Zayat was buried in
Petah Tikva.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Fadi Attalah Yousef 'Amer
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Kalkilya
Profile:
Suicide bomber that carried out the attack at the "Peace Rendezvouz" near Neve
Yamin on 28 March 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Movement)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Terror Attack - Mar 27, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Bus
Jerusalem, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 27
Details:
A suicide bomber targeted a bus in Jerusalem's French Hill, killing one person. The
bus driver was critically injured, and some 27 others sustained light to moderate
injuries. The suicide bomber was the sole fatality.
Further Details
A police spokesman told Israeli radio that the bomber was either waiting to board
onto the bus, or had just alighted from it. According to one account, suspicious
passengers caused the bomber to get off the bus just before the explosion. "A man
with a bag got onto the bus number 6, and raised the suspicions of the passengers. He
immediately got off the bus and then the explosion occurred," said Jerusalem police
spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby. Earlier the same morning, at 7:40 local time, a
powerful car bomb hidden in a stolen detonated near a large shopping mall in
Jerusalem's East Talpiot industrial zone. Seven people were injured, one moderately
and the others lightly. A passing bus and several nearby storefronts were heavily
damaged. A police spokesman said that the type of bomb was similar to previous
devices used by Palestinian groups to attack civilian targets. In a declaration to the
Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera, the fundamentalist Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(PIJ) claimed responsibility for the Talpiot bomb. Hamas took responsibility for the
suicide bombing the same afternoon.
Sources:
Israel Army Radio, Israel Radio, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Dia'a Mohammed Hussein Al-Tawill
21
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim al-Bireh
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the 27 March 01 attack on a No. 6 bus at French Hill,
Jerusalem.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Democratic Front for the Liberation
of Palestine (DFLP)
Sources:
MOD, phrmg
Terror Attack - Mar 4, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Marketplace
Netanya, Israel
Killed: 3
Injured: 50
Details:
Three people were killed and up to 50 wounded in a suicide bombing in the Israeli
city of Netanya. The blast occurred a few minutes before 9:00 in the city center, not
far from the Central Bus Station. One of the dead was believed to be the bomber.
Further Details
Eye witnesses said that a bearded man wearing a military-style backpack attempted to
get on a bus stopped near an intersection. When the bus driver refused to let him on,
the man detonated the explosives. A police source interviewed on Israel Radio
reported that a police bomb sapper unit had already been called to the area of the
attack to deal with a suspicious object. He speculated that the presence of the sappers
may have caused the bomber to panic, detonating his explosives earlier than planned.
Sources:
Israel Radio, Army Radio, Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Naftali Dean
85
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Tel Mond
Profile:
Naftali Dean, 85, of Tel Mond was one of three people killed in a suicide bombing in
downtown Netanya. Naftali Dean immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1934.
Originally a citrus grower, he soon became involved in public life. In the 1948 War of
Independence, he was the regional Haganah commander. In 1954, Naftali Dean
became the first head of the Tel Mond local council, a post he held until 1970. In
1963 he received an award from the President of Israel for his work in immigrant
absorption. After retiring from public life, he set up an insurance agency. His son,
Moshe, relates that despite his age, Naftali Dean had remained active in many fields
and helped everyone who came to him with a problem. Shortly before 9:00 on
Sunday morning, he by chance met his niece, Shlomit Ziv, at the corner of Herzl
Street in Netanya. They barely had a chance to say hello when the bomb exploded.
Both were fatally wounded. Shlomit's son Eitan - for whom Naftali was like a father said, "Today I lost my mother and my uncle, the two people closest to me." Naftali
Dean is survived by 3 children, 10 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Shlomit Ziv
58
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Shlomit Ziv, 58, of Netanya was one of three people killed in a suicide bombing in
downtown Netanya. Shlomit Ziv, a secretary of the teachers' union in Netanya, had
met with her son Eitan at 8:00 in the morning to register her 3-year old grandson for
pre-school. It was important to her that he have the best teacher. Twenty minutes later
they parted. Shortly before 9:00, Shlomit by chance met her uncle, Naftali Dean, at
the corner of Herzl Street. They barely had a chance to say hello when the bomb
exploded. Both were fatally wounded and died, despite efforts of the doctors to save
them. Shlomit Ziv is survived by her son Eitan. She lost her father, husband, and 2year old daughter in a fatal car accident 29 years ago. After the tragedy, she dedicated
herself to raising her son. Eitan said, "Today I lost my mother and my uncle, the two
people closest to me."
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Yevgenia Malchin
70
Female
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Israel
Jewish Netanya
Profile:
Yevgenya Malchin, 70, of Netanya was one of three people killed in a suicide
bombing in downtown Netanya. Yevgenya Malchin, a pediatrician by profession,
immigrated to Israel from the Ukraine with her husband and only son 10 years ago,
and settled in Netanya. After immigrating to Israel, she helped care for the elderly.
Her son, Michael Waxman, related that she was probably shopping in the market on
her way to work. Yevgenya had lost her husband just one month ago, and was trying
to cope the recent loss. The couple had been living for several years in a home for
elderly immigrants in Netanya, where Yevgenya was loved by all. Yevgenya Malchin
is survived by her son.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Non-Combatant Palestinians
Extremely High
Sources:
www.mfa.gov.il
Name:
Age: Gender:
Ahmed Omar ‘Alayyan
23
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Nour Shams Camp - Tulkarem
Profile:
Suicide bomber who carried out the attack in the center of Netanya on 4 March 01.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Movement)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, phrmg
ConfidenceLevel:
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - Jan 1, 2001
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Civilian Netanya, Israel
Killed: 0
Injured: 20
Details:
A car bomb exploded near a busy intersection in the coastal town of Netanya, injuring
twenty people. Witnesses reported hearing three consecutive explosions, apparently
all from the same source. The explosion appeared timed to go off during the busiest
time of day, when the streets were filled with shoppers and people returning home
from work. However, only one man, the suspected bomber, was injured seriously.
The rest were moderately or lightly wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Further Details
The suicide bomber, Hamed Saleh Abu Hejleh died on 8 January of injuries sustained
in the bombing.
Sources:
Jerusalem Post
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hamed Saleh Abu Hejleh
24
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim unknown
Profile:
A Palestinian bomber detonated a carbomb in Netanya on 1 Jan 01. Twenty people
were injured, but only the bomber was seriously injured, and died on 8 January.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
Organizational Affiliation:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
Movement)
Sources:
Jerusalem Post, phrmg
High
Hamas (Islamic Resistance
Terror Attack - Dec 22, 2000
Mode of Operation:
Organizational Affiliation:
Suicide Bomb Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Restaurant
Mehola, West Bank
Killed: 0
Injured: 5
Details:
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a roadside cafe in the Jordan Valley,
killing himself and seriously wounding three Israelis.
Further Details
The bombing occurred at the roadside inn in Mehola, a popular stopping place for
motorists and tourists on the Jordan Valley road.
Sources:
phrmg
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hashem Abdallah Najar el Faloji
22
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Hebron
Profile:
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide bomber, who blew himself up at a roadside cafe in
the Jordan Valley, killing himself and seriously wounding three Israelis.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Organizational Affiliation:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Comments:
He may have been a Hamas member, rather than a member of PIJ.
Sources:
phrmg, MOD, Jerusalem Post
Guerilla Attack - Nov 6, 2000
Mode of Operation:
Suicide Bomb
Target Type: Location:
No. Casualties:
Military Personnel
Rafah, Gaza Strip
Killed: 0
Injured: 0
Details:
A would-be suicide bomber died in an explosion at Rafah beach.
Sources:
PHRMG
Casualties:
Name:
Age: Gender:
Hamdi Arafat Enseyo
29
Male
Nationality:
Religion:
Residence:
Palestinian
Muslim Shatti Refugee Camp
Profile:
A would-be suicide bomber died in an explosion at Rafah beach.
Status: Side Responsible for Casualty:
ConfidenceLevel:
Full Combatant Palestinians
High
Sources:
phrmg