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Orly Ofir | 16 | Haifa | A high school student. Played on the girls soccer team. Friends described her as a lively, cheerful girl. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. |
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Aviel Ron | 54 | Haifa | Colonel in the reserves. One of the planners of the Merkava 3 tank. Worked for a unit of the Israeli housing ministry that produces cartographic maps. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. Was dining with son and daughter, both killed, and wife, who survived the attack. |
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Ofer Ron | 18 | Haifa | Twelfth grade student, studying architecture. Planned to join army unit in the Golan Heights. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. Father and sister also killed in the attack. Mother survived. |
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Anat Ron | 21 | Haifa | Completed her army service last year. Spent summer of 2001 working with handicapped children in a Jewish Agency camp in the United States, hoped to return the following summer. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. Father and brother also killed in the attack. Mother survived. |
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Ya'akov Shani | 53 | Haifa | Engineer by profession. Director-general of Israeli company ABB. Survived by wife, son and daughter. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. |
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Adi Shiran | 17 | Haifa | An artistic high school student who wrote music and sang in the school singing group. Dreamed of studying acting in London. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. Her parents were seriously injured. |
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Daniel Wegman | 50 | Haifa | Immigrated to Israel from Argentina in 1973. Ran an engineering and construction office. Father of two grown daughters, planned to marry for the second time this summer. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. Dining with friend Carlos Yerushalmi, also killed. |
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Carlos Yerushalmi | 52 | Karkur | Immigrated to Israel from Argentina with his family 10 years earlier. A television producer and teacher of electronic communications. Survived by a wife, son and daughter. |
March 31, 2002 One of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa restaurant. Died two days later of injuries. His friend, Daniel Wegman, also killed. |
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Avinoam Alfia | 26 | Kiryat Ata | Yeshiva student. Completed army service as part of the Golani Brigade. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on Haifa-to-Jerusalem bus. Bomber wore IDF fatigues to blend in with the crowd. Eight killed, 22 wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility. |
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Nir Danieli | 24 | Kiryat Ata | Electrical engineering major in college and army veteran. Was returning to his reserve duties as a communications officer in an infantry unit in Bethlehem. Oldest of four sons in family. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on a bus en route from Haifa to Jerusalem. |
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Keren Franco | 18 | Kiryat Yam | Had just completed training for the border police a week earlier. Heading to first posting on Jordan border. Graduated from high school with honors. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on bus en route from Haifa to Jerusalem. |
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Shlomi Ben Haim | 27 | Kiryat Yam | Auditing major at Haifa University, near graduation. Army reservist. Planned to announce his engagement to girlfriend of five years when he completed his reserve duty. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on express bus en route from Haifa to Jerusalem. |
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Ze'ev Hanik | 24 | Karmiel | Combat medic called to reserve service during Passover. Was returning to Bethlehem. Majored in biotechnology.Parents emigrated from the Soviet Union in the 1970s. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on bus en route from Haifa to Jerusalem. |
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Noa Shlomo | 18 | Nahariya | Served in the border police. Had just completed training a week earlier. Was on way to her first posting on Allenby Bridge crossing to Jordan. Majored in film and television in high school. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on bus en route from Haifa to Jerusalem. Her friend, Keren Franco, also killed. |
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Shimshon Stelkol | 33 | Kiryat Yam | Warden officer at Ashmoret Prison in Sharon area. One of his past charges was Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Became newly religious six years earlier. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on bus en route from Haifa to Jerusalem. |
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Michael Weissman | 21 | Kiryat Yam | Sergeant in Israeli army. Turned 21 three weeks before he was killed. Usually took the train to return to his base, but decided on April 10 to take the bus. |
April 10, 2002 Suicide bombing on bus en route from Haifa to Jerusalem. |
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Nissan Cohen | 57 | Jerusalem | Immigrated to Israel from Afghanistan as a young boy. Worked in construction. Caretaker for his neighborhood synagogue. Survived by six children and two grandchildren. |
April 12, 2002 Killed in a suicide bombing near entrance of an open-air market in Jerusalem. Six killed, more than 100 wounded. "It was all black where the explosion was," a witness told CNN. "Then I saw people with no head and no arms." Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility. |
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Rivka Fink | 75 | Jerusalem | Fourth-generation resident of Jerusalem. Volunteered at medical charity. Worked as a nurse in Israel's 1948 war. Cared for her husband through a 10-year illness until he died in late 2001. Survived by four children and nine grandchildren. |
April 12, 2002 Killed in suicide bombing near the entrance of an open-air market in Jerusalem. |
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Suhelia Hushi | 48 | Jerusalem | Immigrated to Israel from Iran with husband. Worked in a retirement home and shopped at market every Friday. Survived by husband, four children and one grandchild. Hours after her funeral, daughter gave birth to her second grandchild. |
April 12, 2002 Killed in suicide bombing near the entrance of an open-air market in Jerusalem. |
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