This page: 2001-2002
Jan 5, 2001
Mordechai
Cohen, age 34, of
Hadera
Mordechai’s
body was found in the Caesarea industrial area.
Jan
14, 2001
Ron
Tzalah, age 32, of Kfar
Yam in Gush Katif
Ron’s
bullet-ridden body, apparently killed on Sunday night (Jan 14),
was found the following morning near the Kfar Yam hothouses.
Jan
17, 2001
Ofir
Rahum, age 16, of
Ashkelon
Ofir
had traveled to Jerusalem to meet a young woman with whom he had
conducted a relationship over the Internet. She then drove him
toward Ramallah. At a pre-arranged location, another vehicle
drove up and three Palestinian gunmen inside shot Ofir more than
15 times. One terrorist drove off with Ofir’s body and dumped
it, while the others fled in the second vehicle.
Jan
23, 2001
Motti
Dayan, age 27,
from Tel Aviv
Etgar
Zeituny, age 34,
from Tel Aviv
The
cousins, were abducted from a restaurant in Tulkarem by masked
Palestinian gunmen and executed.
Jan
25, 2001
Akiva
Pashkos, age 45,
of Jerusalem
Akiva
was shot dead in a terror attack near the Atarot industrial zone
north of Jerusalem .
Jan
29, 2001
Arye
Hershkowitz, age
55, of Ofra
Arye
was killed by shots fired from a passing car near the Rama
junction north of Jerusalem .
Feb
1, 2001
Dr.
Shmuel Gillis, age 42,
of Carmei Tzur
Shmuel
was killed by Palestinian gunmen who fired at his car near the
Aroub refugee camp on the Jerusalem-Hebron highway.
Feb
1, 2001
Lior
Attiah, age 23,
of Afula
Lior
was shot to death by terrorists while traveling near Jenin.
Feb
5, 2001
St.-Sgt.
Rujayah Salameh, age 23
Rujayah
was killed by sniper fire near Rafah.
Feb
11, 2001
Tzachi Sasson, age 35, of
Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion
Tzachi
was shot and killed by Palestinian gunmen as he drove home from
Jerusalem .
Feb
14, 2001
Eight
people were killed and 25 people were injured in the attack,
when a bus driven by a Palestinian terrorist plowed
into a group of soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus
stop
near Holon , south of Tel-Aviv.
The victims:
Simcha
Shitrit, age 30,
of Rishon Lezion
Staff-Sgt.
Ofir Magidish, age 20,
of Kiryat Malachi
Sgt.
David Iluz, age 21, of
Kiryat Malachi
Sgt.
Julie Weiner, age 21, of
Jerusalem
Sgt.
Rachel Levi, age 19, of
Ashkelon
Sgt.
Kochava Polanski, age
19, of Ashkelon
Cpl.
Alexander Manevich, age
18, of Ashkelon
Cpl.
Yasmin Karisi, age 18,
of Ashkelon when
Feb
26, 2001
Mordechai
Shefer, age 55,
of Kfar Sava
Mordechai‘s
body was found in an olive grove near Moshav Hagor. An autopsy
revealed that he was beaten to death. Investigators suspect
terrorist motives.
Mar
1, 2001
Claude
Knap, age 29, of
Tiberias
Claude
was killed and 9 people injured when a terrorist detonated a
bomb in a Tel Aviv to Tiberias service taxi at
the Mei Ami junction in Wadi Ara.
March
4, 2001
Naftali
Dean, age 85, of
Tel Mond
Shlomit
Ziv, age 58, of
Netanya (Naftali’s niece)
Yevgenya
Malchin, age 70,
of Netanya
Naftali,
Shlomit, Yevgenya and were killed in a suicide bombing in
downtown Netanya; 60 people were injured.
The Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
March
19, 2001
Baruch Cohen, age 59, of
Efrat
Baruch
was killed by shots fired at his car while driving to
work in Jerusalem from his home in the Gush Etzion area.
After being hit by bullets, he lost control of the car and
collided with an oncoming truck.
March
26, 2001
Shalhevet
Pass , age 10 months
The
infant Shalhevet was killed by sniper fire at the entrance to
the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron .
March
28, 2001
Eliran
Rosenberg-Zayat,
age 15, of Givat Shmuel
Naftali
Lanzkorn, 13, of
Petah Tikva
Eliran
and Naftali were killed in a suicide bombing at the Mifgash
Hashalom ("peace stop") gas station several hundred
meters from an IDF roadblock near the entrance to Kalkilya, east
of Kfar Saba. Four people were injured. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
April
1, 2001
Staff
Sgt. Ya'akov Krenschel,
age 23, of Nahariya
Ya'akov,
an IDF reserve soldier, he was killed in a firefight between
army and Palestinian forces southeast of Nablus .
April
1, 2001
Dina
Guetta, age 42, of Haifa
Dina
was stabbed to death on Ha'atzmaut Street . Her murder was the
initiation rite into a terrorist cell apprehended in July.
April
2, 2001
Sgt.
Danny Darai, 20, of Arad
Danny
was killed by a Palestinian sniper after completing guard duty
at Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem .
April
21, 2001
Stanislav
Sandomirsky, age
38, of Beit Shemesh
Stanislav’s
mutilated body of was found in the trunk of his
car near a village north of Ramallah late last night. Terrorist
motives are suspected.
April
22, 2001
Dr.
Mario Goldin, age 53, of
Kfar Sava
Mario 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. About 60 people
were injured in the blast. Hamas claimed responsibility.
April
22, 2001
3
people were injured when a bomb exploded at Check Post Junction
in Haifa .
April
23, 2001
Eight
Israelis were wounded when a car bomb exploded in
Or Yehuda.
April
27, 2001
Two
persons were injured and hospitalized after being injured by a
bomb detonated at the gate of Moshav Netzer-Hazani in southern
Gaza .
April
28, 2001
Sgt.
Shlomo Elmakias, age 20,
of Netanya
Shlomo was
killed and four women passengers wounded in a drive-by terrorist
shooting attack on the Wadi Ara highway in the Galilee .
April
28, 2001
Simcha
Ron, age 60, of
Nahariya
Simcha
was found stabbed to death in Kfar Ba'aneh, near Carmiel in the
Galilee . The terrorists responsible for the attack were
apprehended in July.
April
28, 2001
Five
were wounded and transported to hospital when Netzer Hazani was
bombarded by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip.
April
29, 2001
A
suicide bomber detonated his car bomb alongside a school bus
loaded with children near Shavei Shomron. There were no injuries
to the children on the school bus due to its armor plating.
April
30, 2001
A
terrorist placed a bomb under the car of a couple in Rafiach
Yam. The bomb detonated prematurely, wounding the car owner and
his wife. The terrorist died from his bomb.
May
1, 2001
Assaf
Hershkowitz, age
30, of Ofra
Assaf
was killed when his vehicle was fired upon and overturned at a
junction between Ofra and Beit El.
May
8, 2001
Arnaldo
Agranionic, age
48
Arnaldo
was killed by terrorists as he guarded the Binyamin Farm, a
lonely outpost where he lived, on an isolated hilltop east of
Itamar in Samaria .
May
9, 2001
Yossi
Ish-Ran, age 14,
of Tekoa
Kobi
Mandell, age 14,
of Tekoa
Yossi
and Kobi were found stoned to death in a cave about 200 meters
from the small community south of Jerusalem where they lived.
May
10, 2001
Constantin
Straturula, age
52, from Romania
Virgil
Martinesc, age 29, from
Romania
Constantin
and Virgil, both Romanian citizens employed by an Israeli
contractor, were killed in a bomb attack while repairing a
vandalized fence at the Kissufim Crossing into the Gaza
District.
May
15, 2001
Idit
Mizrahi, age 20,
of Rimonim
Idit
was fatally shot in a terrorist ambush as she drove with her
father and brother on the Alon Highway to attend a family
wedding. Terrorists fired 30 bullets, 19 of which hit the
family's car.
May
18, 2001
Five
people were killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in the
seaside city of Netanya , in which over 100 were wounded. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Tirza
Polonsky, age 66,
of Moshav Kfar Haim
Miriam
Waxman, age 51, of
Hadera
David
Yarkoni, age 53, of
Netanya
Yulia
Tratiakova, age
21, of Netanya
Vladislav
Sorokin, age 34,
of Netanya
May
18, 2001
Lt. Yair Nebenzahl, 22, of
Neve Tzuf (Halamish)
Yair was killed and his mother seriously wounded, in a
Palestinian roadside ambush north of Jerusalem .
May
23, 2001
Asher
Iluz, age 33, of Modi'in
Asher
was killed outside Ariel en route to supervise a road paving in
the area, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire in
an ambush.
May
23, 2001
An
86-year-old Israeli was shot in the chest in Jerusalem .
The gunfire came from Palestinian Authority-controlled Beit Jala.
May
25, 2001
Yosef
Alfasi, age 50,
of Rishon Letzion
Yosef’s
burnt body was discovered near the West Bank city
of Tulkarem .
May
25, 2001
Fourteen
Israelis were wounded when a suicide car bomb
was detonated in Hadera adjacent to the central bus station.
May
27, 2001
36
Israelis were injured by a car bomb containing mortar rockets,
nails, and bullets in downtown Jerusalem .
May
28, 2001
Two
persons were wounded in shooting attack by Arabs near the
community of Migdalim.
May
29, 2001
Gilad
Zar, age 41, of
Itamar
Gilad
was shot dead in a terrorist ambush while driving in
the West Bank between Kedumim and Yizhar. The Fatah Tanzim
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
29, 2001
Arab
terrorists fired at the funeral procession of Gilad Zar.
May
29, 2001
Sara
Blaustein, age 53, of
Efrat
Esther
Alvan, age 20, of Efrat
Sara
and Esther were killed in a drive-by shooting near Neve Daniel
in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem . The Fatah Tanzim
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
29, 2001
Two
Israelis were wounded by a suicide bomber in the Gaza Strip.
May
30, 2001
Six
people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the city of
Netanya .
May
31, 2001
Tzvika
(Zvi) Shelef, age
63, of Mevo Dotan
Zvi
was killed in a drive-by shooting attack in northern Samaria
north of Tulkarem. He was shot in the head and died en route to
hospital.
June
1, 2001
Sixteen
people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside
a disco near Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium along the seafront
promenade just before midnight on Friday.
The
victims:
Marina
Berkovizki, age 17, of
Tel Aviv
Roman
Dezanshvili, age 21, of
Bat Yam
Ilya
Gutman, age 19,
of Bat Yam
Anya
Kazachkov, age
16, of Holon
Katherine
Kastaniyada-Talkir, age
15, of Ramat Gan
Aleksei
Lupalu, age 16,
of the Ukraine
Mariana
Medvedenko, age 16, of
Tel Aviv
Irina
Nepomneschi, age
16, of Bat Yam
Yelena Nelimov, age 18, of
Tel Aviv
Yulia
Nelimov, age 16, of Tel Aviv
Raisa
Nimrovsky, age
15, of Netanya
Pvt.
Diez (Dani) Normanov,
age 21, of Tel Aviv
Simona
Rodin, age 18, of
Holon
Ori
Shahar, age 32,
of Ramat Gan
Liana
Sakiyan, age 16, of Tel Aviv
Maria
Tagilchev, age 14, of
Netanya
Irena
Usdachi, age 18, of
Holon
Four
others died subsequently from their injuries
received during the June 1st attack.
Sergei
Pancheskov, age 20, of the Ukraine
Yael-Yulia
Sklianik, age 15,
of Holon
Jan
Bloom, age 25, of Ramat Gan
Yevgenia
Dorfman, age 15,
of Bat Yam
All
told, twenty people died and 120 others were
wounded in the bombing.
June
11, 2001
Yehuda
Shoham, aged 5
months, of Shilo
The
baby Yehuda died of injuries incurred in a fatal stoning
on June 5. He was critically injured by a rock thrown at the
family's car near Shilo in Samaria .
June
12, 2001
Father
Georgios Tsibouktzakis,
age 34, from Wadi Kelt
Father
Georgios, a Greek Orthodox monk from the St. George Monastery in
Wadi Kelt in the Judean desert, was shot and killed while
driving on the Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adumim road.
June
13, 2001
A
41-year-old Petah Tikvah resident working on the Trans-Israel
Highway was hit by gunfire originating in Palestinian
Authority-controlled Tul Karem. He was
transported to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
June
13, 2001
A
21-year-old female was shot twice at the entrance to Ofrah.
June
14, 2001
Lt.Col.
Yehuda Edri, age
45, of Ma'ale Adumim
Yehuda
was killed by a Palestinian informant for Israeli intelligence
in a shooting attack on the Bethlehem bypass tunnel road
connecting the Gush Etzion bloc with Jerusalem . One of his
security guards was seriously injured.
June
18, 2001
Dan
Yehuda, age 35, of
Homesh
Dan
was killed in a drive-by shooting attack between
Homesh and Shavei Shomron, near Nablus . |
Alex
Briskin, age 17, was injured.
June
18, 2001
Doron
Zisserman, age
38, of Einav
Doron,
a father of four, was shot and killed in his car by
sniper fire near the entrance to Einav, east of Tulkarem.
Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
June
20, 2001
Ilya
Krivitz, age 62,
of Homesh in Samaria
Ilya
was shot and killed at close range in an ambush late Wednesday
afternoon in the nearby Palestinian town of Silat a-Dahar.
June
22, 2001
Sgt.
Aviv Iszak, age 19, of
Kfar Saba
Sgt.
Ofir Kit, age 19, of
Jerusalem
Aviv
and Ofir were killed in a suicide bombing near Dugit in the Gaza
Strip as a jeep with yellow Israeli license plates, supposedly
stuck in the sand, blew up as they approached.
June
25, 2001
Two
people were wounded by Arab gunfire against a public bus
traveling from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion.
June
28, 2001
Ekaterina
(Katya) Weintraub,
age 27, of Ganim in northern Samaria . Katya was killed and
another woman injured late Thursday afternoon by shots fired at
the two-car convoy on
the Jenin bypass road.
July
2, 2001
Aharon
Obadyan, age 41,
of Zichron Ya'akov
Aharon
was shot and killed near Baka a-Sharkia, north of the West Bank
city of Tulkarem and close to the 1967 Green Line border, after
shopping at the local market.
July
2, 2001
Yair
Har Sinai, age
51, of Susiya in the Hebron hills
Yair’s
body, missing since Monday (July 2) was found early Tuesday
morning shot in the head and chest.
July
2, 2001
Avi Romana of Har Bracha,
Avi was shot and wounded in a shooting attack on a public road.
July
2, 2001
Six
persons were treated for injuries resulting from two attacks
when two car bombs exploded in different locations in Yahud
several minutes apart.
July
4, 2001
Eliahu
Na'aman, age 32,
of Petah Tikva
Eliahu
was shot at point-blank range just inside the Green Line at
Sueika, near Tulkarem.
July
8, 2001
Avital
Lehman, age 18, of Eli
Avital was shot by Arab terrorists in her shoulder and back
while on southbound intercity bus #178 bus.
July
9, 2001
Capt.
Shai Shalom Cohen,
age 22, of Pardes Hannas
Shai
was killed and another soldier wounded when an explosive charge
detonated beneath their jeep after leaving the Adoraim IDF base
south of Hebron .
July
12, 2001
Erez
Shmuelian, 25,
his wife, and their infant daughter were shot near the entrance
to the community of Har Bracha.
July
12, 2001
David
Cohen, age 28, a
resident of Betar Illit
David was shot and critically wounded. David died of his wounds
on July 14.
July
13, 2001
Yehezkel
(Hezi) Mualem,
age 49, from Kiryat Arba
Hezi,
a father of four, was shot and killed between Kiryat Arba and
Hebron while protesting a shooting attack in the area the
previous day.
July
16, 2001
Cpl.
Hanit Arami, age 19,
Zichron Yaakov
St.Sgt.
Avi Ben Harush,
age 20, of Zichron Yaakov
Hanit
and Avi were killed and 11 wounded - 3 seriously - when a bomb
exploded in a suicide terrorist attack at a bus stop near the
train station in Binyamina, halfway between Netanya and Haifa,
at about 19:30 Monday evening. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
July
19, 2001
Thirty
people were injured in a suicide bombing in a civilian train
station. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
July
24, 2001
Yuri
Gushchin, age18, of
Jerusalem ,
Yuri
was brutally killed, bearing stab and gunfire wounds, his body
was found in Ramallah.
July
25, 2001
Two
Israelis were wounded by terrorist gunfire near Morag.
July
26, 2001
Ronen
Landau, age 17,
of Givat Ze'ev
Ronen
was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists while returning
home from Jerusalem with his father.
July
26, 2001
A
bus driver was wounded in a bomb attack near Einav.
July
29, 2001
An
Israeli was wounded when a bomb exploded in an underground
parking lot in Jerusalem .
July
31, 2001
Haim
Ezer, 18 years
old, was stabbed in Petach Tikvah by three residents of the
Israeli Arab community of Kfar Kassam.
July
31, 2001
Five
Israelis were wounded when Arabs fired on two vehicles in the
Kiryat Sefer area.
Aug
5, 2001
Tehiya
Bloomberg, age
40, of Karnei Shomron
Tehiya,
a mother of five, who was also five months pregnant, was killed
when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the family vehicle
between Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron. Three people were
seriously wounded, including her husband, Shimon, and daughter,
Tzippi, 14.
August
5, 2001
Eight
people were wounded when a terrorist using a M-16 fired at
people in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.
Aug
6, 2001
Yitzhak
Snir, age 51, of
Ra'anana
Yitzhak,
an Israeli diamond merchant, was killed when he
was shot in the back five times in Amman , in the yard of the
building where he kept a flat. His body was found the following
morning.
Aug
7, 2001
Wael
Ghanem, age 32,
an Arab Israeli resident of Taibeh
Wael.
Wael was shot and killed by Palestinian assailants on the road
near Kalkilya. Police believe he was killed because of suspected
collaboration with Israeli authorities.
Aug
8, 2001
Zohar
Shurgi, age 40,
of Moshav Yafit in the Jordan Valley
Zohar
was shot and killed by terrorists while driving home at night on
the Trans-Samaria Highway.
Aug
9, 2001
Fifteen
people were killed and 130 injured in a suicide bombing at the
Sbarro pizzeria on the corner of King George Street and Jaffa
Road in the center of Jerusalem. Hamas and the Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Giora
Balash, age 60,
of Brazil
Zvika
Golombek, age 26,
of Carmiel
Shoshana
Yehudit Greenbaum,
age 31, of the U.S.
Tehila
Maoz, age 18, of
Jerusalem
Frieda
Mendelsohn, age 62, of
Jerusalem
Michal
Raziel, age 16,
of Jerusalem
Malki
Roth, age 15, of
Jerusalem
See her memorial web site
Mordechai
Schijveschuurder,
age 43, of Neria
Tzira
Schijveschuurder,
age 41, of Neria
Ra'aya
Schijveschuurder,
age 14, of Neria
Avraham
Yitzhak Schijveschuurder,
age 4, of Neria
Hemda
Schijveschuurder,
age 2, of Neria
Lily
Shimashvili, age 33, of
Jerusalem
Tamara
Shimashvili, age 8, of
Jerusalem
Yocheved
Shoshan, age 10,
of Jerusalem .
"Our
Sages teach us that the righteous are considered alive even in
death. For us, their parents, children, brothers and sisters,
they truly live on in our hearts and memories." Frimet Roth
(Mother of Malki Roth) 23rd September 2003
Aug
9, 2001
Aliza
Malka, age 17, a
student at Kibbutz Merav
Aliza
was killed by terrorists in a drive-by shooting at the entrance
to the kibbutz in the Gilboa region, west of Beit She'an. Three
teenage girls who were with her in the car were injured, one
seriously.
August
12, 2001
21
people were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside
the Wall Street Cafe in Kiryat Motzkin. Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility.
August
15, 2001
Yitzhak
Nedam was wounded by Arab gunfire near Maale Adumim.
August
17, 2001
An
Israeli was wounded by terrorist gunfire while driving in the
Hevron Hills.
August
18, 2001
Andrew
Raibi, 20, and Ruth Shapira, 6, were wounded by terrorist
gunfire while riding on a number 45 bus at Pisgat Ze'ev/Hizme
Junction in northern Jerusalem .
August
20, 2001
Hader
el Hatib, age 26
Hader, an Israeli Arab, was killed in a terrorist shooting
attack.
August
22, 2001
Two
people were wounded when terrorists fired at a garbage truck.
August
23, 2001
Tzviel
Yehuda Meshulam, age 11, and his brother Matanel, age 21, were
shot by Arab terrorists.
Aug
25, 2001
Maj.
Gil Oz, age 30, of Kfar
Sava
St.-Sgt.
Kobi Nir, age 21, of
Kfar Sava
Sgt.
Tzahi Grabli, age 19 of
Holon
Gil,
Kobi, and Tzahi were killed and seven other soldiers were
wounded when two Palestinian terrorists infiltrated an IDF base
in Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip at about 3:00 AM Saturday
morning. The attackers, members of the PLO Fatah faction and of
the Palestinian security forces, were killed by IDF soldiers.
The Democratic Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug
25, 2001
Sharon
Ben-Shalom, age 26, of
Ofarim
Yaniv
Ben-Shalom, age
27, of Ofarim
Sharon
and Yaniv were killed when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on
their car as they were returning home on the Jerusalem-Modi'in
on road Saturday night. Their children, aged one and two, were
lightly wounded.
Doron
Sviri, age 20, of
Jerusalem
Doron
Sviri, ( Sharon
's brother) was fatally wounded and
died the following day.
Aug
26, 2001
Dov
Rosman, age 58,
of Netanya
Dov
was killed in a shooting attack shortly before 17:00 on Sunday
afternoon near the entrance to the village of Zaita , opposite
Kibbutz Magal. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug
27, 2001
Meir
Lixenberg, age
38, of Itamar
Meir,
a father of five, was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists
from a roadside ambush while traveling between
the communities of Har Bracha and Itamar, south of Nablus .
August
27, 2001
Uri
Mizrahi, 58 years of age, of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem , was
wounded by terrorist gunfire originating in Beit Jala.
August
27, 2001
Ben
Dansker, 50, of Efrat, was wounded in terrorist shooting attack
near Beit Shemesh.
August
28, 2001
Haim
Meidar of Hashmonaim was shot by terrorists.
Aug
29, 2001
Oleg
Sotnikov, age 35,
of Ashdod
Oleg,
a truck driver employed by Dor Energy, was killed in a terrorist
shooting attack outside the Palestinian village of Kutchin ,
west of Nablus .
Aug
30, 2001
Amos
Tajouri, age 60, of
Modi'in
Amos
was shot in the head at point-blank range by a masked gunman in
the Arab village of Na'alin , while dining at a restaurant owned
by close friends.
Sept
1, 2001
Uri
Hadari was wounded by gunfire at Rantis Junction.
Sept
2, 2001
An
Israeli citizen was wounded by gunfire while traveling in a
vehicle between Nataf and Abu Gosh.
Sept
3, 2001
Ron
Schechner was shot twice in the chest, by Arab terrorists while
traveling near Ziff Junction.
Sept
4, 2001
Border
policeman Natan Sandaka, 21, and twenty others are wounded when
a suicide bomber detonated on HaNeve'im Street in Jerusalem
about 200 meters from Bikur Holim Hospital .
Sept
6, 2001
Lt.
Erez Merhavi, age 23, of
Moshav Tarum
Erez
was killed in an ambush shooting near Kibbutz Bahan, east of
Hadera, while driving to a wedding. A female officer with him in
the car was seriously injured. Fatah-Tanzim claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Sept
7, 2001
Raanan
Harel was wounded by terrorist gunfire at Givon HaHadasha.
Sept
9, 2001
Ya'akov
Hatzav, age 42,
of Hamra, Jordan Valley (the driver)
Sima
Franko, age 24,
of Beit She'an, (a kindergarten teacher)
Ya'akov
and Sima were killed in a shooting attack 300 meters south of
the Adam Junction in the Jordan Valley . A minibus transporting
teachers to the regional school was attacked by Palestinian
terrorists.
Sept
9, 2001
Dr.
Yigal Goldstein, age 47,
of Jerusalem
Morel
Derfler, age 45, of
Mevasseret Zion
Sgt.
Daniel Yifrah, age 19,
of Jerusalem
Yigal,
Morel, and Daniel were killed and 90 others were injured in a
suicide bombing near the Nahariya train station in northern
Israel .
Sept
9, 2001
A
suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at Beit Lid Junction. 20
persons were wounded.
Sept
11, 2001
Sgt.
Tzachi David, a Border
Policemen age 19, of Tel-Aviv
St.-Sgt.
Andrei Zledkin, age 26,
of Carmiel
Tzachi
and Andrei were killed just after midnight when Palestinian
gunmen opened fire on the Ivtan Border Police base near Kibbutz
Bachan in central Israel . A Fatah group claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Sept
12, 2001
Ruth
Shua'i, age 46, of Alfei
Menashe
Ruth
was traveling home around 19:30 PM when shots were fired from a
passing vehicle near the village of Habla near Kalkilya. She
sustained injuries to her head and stomach and died en route to
Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
Sept
15, 2001
Meir
Weisshaus, age
23, of Jerusalem
Meir
was fatally shot late Saturday night in a drive-by shooting on
the Ramot-French Hill road in northern Jerusalem .
Sept
16, 2001
Sgt.
David Gordukal, age 23,
of Upper Nazareth
David
was killed in the exchange of gun fire on Saturday night in the
south of Ramallah, during which five senior Palestinian
terrorists were arrested and a number of Palestinian positions
and a Force 17 camp were attacked.
Sept
19, 2001
Two
people in the community of Oranit were wounded when a bomb was
detonated near their vehicle.
Sept
20, 2001
Sarit
Amrani, age 26,
of Nokdim
Sarit
was killed Thursday morning and her husband Shai was seriously
wounded in a shooting attack near Tekoa, south of Bethlehem .
The couple's three children who were traveling in the vehicle
were not injured. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept
24, 2001
Salit
Sheetrit, age 28,
of Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu
Salit
was killed by gunfire shortly after 6:30 near Shadmot Mehola on
the Jordan Valley road. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Sept
26, 2001
Zvia
Pinhas, age 64,
of Moshav Maor
Zvia
was stabbed to death in her home. The terrorist who carried out
the attack, from Jenin, was arrested.
Oct
2, 2001
Cpl.
Liron Harpaz, age 19, of
Alei Sinai
Assaf
Yitzhaki, age 20,
of Lod
Liron
and Assaf were killed when a Palestinian terrorist cell
infiltrated the northern Gaza District community of Alei Sinai,
opening fire on residents and hurling grenades into homes. 15
others were wounded in the attack.
Oct
3, 2001
Pinhas
Cohen, age 26 and his wife Mali Cohen, age 24, were wounded by
terrorist gunfire in while traveling in Jerusalem between the
neighborhoods of Ramat Shlomo and French Hill.
Oct
3, 2001
Two
persons were wounded by gunfire at the Ma’arat HaMachpela
(Cave of the Patriarchs) in Hebron while attending a religious
ceremony.
Oct
4, 2001
Sgt.
Tali Ben-Armon, age 19,
a woman soldier, of Pardesia
Haim
Ben-Ezra, age 76,
of Givat Hamoreh
Sergei
Freidin, age 20,
of Afula
Tali,
Haim, and Sergei were killed when a Palestinian terrorist,
dressed as an Israeli paratrooper, opened fire on Israeli
civilians waiting at the central bus station in Afula. 13 other
Israelis were wounded in the attack. Fatah claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Oct
5, 2001
Hananya
Ben-Avraham, age
46, of Elad
Hananya
was killed by Palestinian terrorists in a machine gun ambush
near Avnei Hefetz in central Israel .
Oct
7, 2001
Yair
Mordechai, age
43, 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.
Oct
17, 2001
Rechavam
Ze'evy, Israeli
Tourism Minister, age 75
Rechavam
was assassinated by two shots to the head outside his room at
the Jerusalem Hyatt Hotel. The Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct
18, 2001
Lior
Kaufman, age 30,
of Ramat Sharon
Lior
was killed and two injured, one seriously, by shots fired by
terrorists at their jeep in the Judean desert, near the Mar Saba
monastery.
October
22, 2001
Four
people were wounded on HaRechev Street in the Talpiot
neighborhood of Jerusalem by a terrorist. The terrorist was
killed by IDF Sgt. Ramin Rosenblatt. [10]
October
24, 2001
A
23 year old guard at a telephone company office in Jerusalem was
wounded by in a stabbing attack perpetrated
by an Arab woman.
Oct
28, 2001
St.-Sgt.
Yaniv Levy, age 22, of
Zichron Yaakov
Yaniv
was killed by Palestinian terrorists in a drive-by machine-gun
ambush near Kibbutz Metzer in northern Israel . The Tanzim wing
of Arafat's Fatah faction claimed responsibility for the murder.
Oct
28, 2001
Ayala
Levy, age 39, of
Elyachin
Smadar
Levy, age 23, of
Hadera
Lydia
Marko, age 63, of Givat
Ada
Sima
Menahem, age 30,
of Zichron Yaakov
Ayala,
Smadar , Lydia , and Sima were killed when two Palestinian
terrorists, members of the Palestinian police,
armed with assault rifles and expanding bullets, opened fire
from a vehicle on Israeli pedestrians at a crowded
bus-stop
in downtown Hadera. About 40 were wounded, three critically. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsiblity for the attack.
Nov
2, 2001
St.-Sgt.
Raz Mintz, age 19, of
Kiryat Motzkin
Raz
was killed by Palestinian gunmen 5:45 P.M. on Friday at
an IDF roadblock at near Ofra, north of Ramallah. The Fatah
affiliated Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Nov
4, 2001
Shoshana
Ben Ishai, age
16, of Betar Illit
Menashe
(Meni) Regev, age
14, of Jerusalem
Shoshana
and Menashe were killed when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire
with a sub-machine gun shortly before 16:00 at a No. 25 Egged
bus at the French Hill junction in northern Jerusalem . 45
people were injured in the attack.
Nov
6, 2001
Capt.
(Res.) Eyal Sela, age
39, of Moshav Nir Banim
Eyal
was shot dead in an ambush by three Palestinian terrorists on
the southern Nablus bypass road.
Nov
9, 2001
Hadas
Abutbul, age 39,
of Mevo Dotan in northern Samaria
Hadas,
a mother of four, was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists
on Friday afternoon as she drove from work in nearby Shaked.
Nov
11, 2001
Aharon
Ussishkin, age
50,
Aharon, head of security at Moshav Kfar Hess, east of Netanya
was
shot and killed at the entrance to the moshav on Sunday evening,
after being summoned to investigate a suspicious person.
Nov
14, 2001
Two
workers were injured when a bomb exploded on Dahoun St. in the
Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of Jerusalem .
Nov
24, 2001
St.-Sgt.
Barak Madmon, age 26, of
Holon
Barak
an IDF reservist, was killed by a mortar shell that landed in
the soccer field of Kfar Darom in Gush Katif, while on his way
to take up guard duty. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Nov
27, 2001
Noam
Gozovsky, age 23,
of Moshav Ramat Zvi
Michal
Mor, age 25, of
Afula
Noam
and Michal were killed when two Palestinian terrorists from the
Jenin area opened fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles on a
crowd of people near the central bus station in Afula. Police
officers and a reserve soldier confronted them, killing the
terrorists in the ensuing firefight. Another 50 people were
injured. Fatah and the Islamic Jihad claimed joint
responsibility.
Nov
27, 2001
Etty
Fahima, age 45,
of Netzer Hazani
Etty
was killed three others were injured when a Palestinian
terrorist threw grenades and opened fire at a convoy on the road
between the Kissufim crossing and Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip
on Tuesday evening. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov
29, 2001
1st
Sgt. Yaron Pikholtz, age
20, of Ramat Gan
Yaron
was killed and a second soldier was injured in a drive-by
shooting incident on the Green Line, near the West Bank village
of Baka el-Sharkiya.
Nov
29, 2001
Inbal
Weiss, age 22, of
Zichron Ya'akov
Yehiav
Elshad, age 28,
of Tel-Aviv
Samuel
Milshevsky, age 45, of
Kfar Sava
Inbal,
Yehiav, and Samuel were killed and nine wounded in a suicide
bombing on an Egged 823 bus en route from Nazereth to Tel Aviv
near the city of Hadera . The Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Dec
1, 2001
Ten
people were killed and about 180 injured - 17 seriously - when
explosive devices were detonated by two suicide bombers close to
11:30 P.M. Saturday night on Ben Yehuda Street , the pedestrian
mall in the center of Jerusalem . A car bomb exploded nearby 20
minutes later. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Assaf
Avitan, age 15,
of Jerusalem
Michael
Moshe Dahan, age 21, of
Jerusalem
Israel
Ya'akov Danino, age 17,
of Jerusalem
Yosef
El-Ezra, age 18,
of Jerusalem
Sgt.
Nir Haftzadi, age 19, of
Jerusalem
Yuri
(Yoni) Korganov, age 20,
of Ma'alei Adumim
Golan
Turgeman, age 15, of
Jerusalem
Guy
Vaknin, age 19, of
Jerusalem
Adam
Weinstein, age 14, of
Givon Hahadasha
Moshe
Yedid-Levy, age 19, of
Jerusalem
Ido
Cohen, age 17, of
Jerusalem , died of his wounds on December 8.
Dec
2, 2001
Prof.
Baruch Singer, age 51,
of Gedera
Baruch
was killed when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on his car near
the northern Gaza settlement of Elei Sinai. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Dec
2, 2001
Fifteen
people were killed and 40 injured in a suicide bombing on an
Egged bus No. 16 in Haifa shortly after 12:00. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Tatiana
Borovik, age 23, of
Haifa
Mara
Fishman, age 51, of
Haifa
Ina
Frenkel, age 60, of
Haifa
Riki
Hadad, age 30, of
Yokne'am
Ronen
Kahalon, age 30,
of Haifa
Samion
Kalik, age 64, of
Haifa
Mark
Khotimliansky, age 75,
of Haifa
Cecilia
Kozamin, age 76, of
Haifa
Yelena
Lomakin, age 62,
of Haifa
Rosaria
Reyes, age 42, of
the Philippines
Yitzhak
Ringel, age 41, of Haifa
Rassim
Safulin, age 78,
of Haifa
Leah
Strick, age 73, of Haifa
Faina
Zabiogailu, age
64, of Haifa
Mikhail
Zaraisky, age 71, of
Haifa
Dec
12, 2001
Ten
people were killed when three terrorists attacked a No. 189 Dan
bus and several passenger cars with a roadside bomb, anti-tank
grenades, and light arms fire near the entrance to Emmanuel in
Samaria at 18:00 P.M. About 30 others were injured. Both Fatah
and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Yair
Amar, age 13, of
Emmanuel
Esther
Avraham, age 42, of
Emmanuel
Yoel
Bienenfeld Border
Police Chief Warrant Officer, age 35, of Moshav Tel Shahar
Moshe Gutman, age 40, of
Emmanuel
Avraham
Nahman Nitzani,
age 17, of Betar Illit
Yirmiyahu
Salem, age 48, of
Emmanuel
Israel
Sternberg, age 46, of
Emmanuel
David
Tzarfati, age 38, of
Ginot Shomron
Hananya
Tzarfati, age 32,
of Kfar Saba
Ya'akov
Tzarfati, age 64,
of Kfar Saba
Haim
Chiprot, age 52,
of Emmanuel died of his wounds on March 25, 2002.
Dec
17, 2001
Zion Ohana, age 45, of Adam
Zion
was brutally murdered by three residents of Jaba
in Samaria .
Dec
25, 2001
Sgt.
Michael Sitbon, age 23,
of Beit Shemesh
Michael
an IDF reserve soldier, was killed, and four other soldiers were
injured, in a shooting attack Tuesday morning near the Jordanian
border north of Beit She'an.
2002
Jan
9, 2002
Maj.
Ashraf Hawash, age 28,
of Beit Zarzir
Sgt.-Maj.
Ibrahim Hamadieh, age
23, of Rehaniya
Sgt.-Maj.
Hana (Eli) Abu-Ghanem,
age 25, of Haifa
St.-Sgt.
Mofid Sawaid, age 25, of
Abu Snan,
Ashraf,
Ibrahim, Eli, and Mofid, all IDF soldiers of the brave Bedouin
desert patrol unit, were killed and two others injured when two
armed Palestinian terrorists from the southern Gaza Strip,
carrying explosive belts, assault rifles, grenades, and dressed
in Palestinian Authority police uniforms, infiltrated into
Israel at 4:30AM the morning of Jan. 9 and attacked an IDF post
near Kerem Shalom. The terrorists, one a member of the
Palestinian Authority's naval force, and the second a Hamas
operative, were killed. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Jan
14, 2002
Sgt.
Elad Abu-Gani, age 19,
of Tiberias
Elad
was killed and an officer sustained gunshot wounds in a
terrorist ambush near Kuchin, between Nablus and Tulkarm. Fatah
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jan
15, 2002
Avraham
(Avi) Boaz, 71,
of Ma'aleh Adumim
Avi,
an American citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint
in Beit Jala. His bullet-riddled body was found in a car in Beit
Sahur, in the Bethlehem area. The Fatah's Al-Aksa Brigade
claimed responsibility for the murder.
Jan
15, 2002
Yoela
Chen, age 45, of
Givat Ze'ev
Yoela
was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists near the gas
station at the entrance to Givat Ze'ev shortly before 20:00. Her
aunt who was with her in the car was injured. The Fatah's
Al-Aqsa Brigade claimed responsibility for the murder.
Jan
16, 2002
Shahada
Dadis, age 30, an
Arab resident of Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem . Shahada was
killed in a drive-by terrorist shooting. He was found dead in a
car bearing Israeli license plates south of Jenin in the West
Bank .
Jan
17, 2002
Six
people were killed and 35 injured, several seriously, when a
terrorist burst into a bat mitzva reception in a banquet hall in
Hadera shortly before 23:00, opening fire with an M-16 assault
rifle. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
The
victims:
Edward
Bakshayev, age 48, of Or
Akiva
Anatoly
Bakshayev, age
63, of Or Akiva
Aharon
Ben Yisrael-Ellis,
age 32, of Ra'anana
Dina
Binayev, age 48, of
Ashkelon
Boris
Melikhov, age 56, of
Sderot
Avi
Yazdi, age 25, of
Hadera
Jan
22, 2002
Sarah
Hamburger, age 79, of
Jerusalem
Svetlana
Sandler, age 56,
of Jerusalem
Sarah
and Svetlana were killed and 40 were injured when a Palestinian
terrorist opened fire with an M-16 assault rifle near a bus stop
in downtown Jerusalem . The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Jan
25, 2002
20
people were injured in a suicide bombing in the Old Bus Station
of Tel Aviv.
Jan
27, 2002
Pinhas
Tokatli, age 81,
of Jerusalem
Pinhas
was killed and over 150 people were wounded, four seriously, in
a suicide bombing on Jaffa Road , in the center of Jerusalem ,
shortly before 12:30. The female terrorist, identified as a
Fatah member, was armed with more than 10 kilos of explosives.
Feb
6, 2002
Miri
Ohana, age 45, of
Moshav Hamra
Yael
Ohana, age 11, of
Moshav Hamra (Miri’s daughter)
Miri
and Yael were killed in their home when an armed terrorist
infiltrated Moshav Hamra, halfway between Jericho and Beit
She'an in the Jordan Valley on Wednesday evening, opening fire.
IDF reserve soldier
Moshe
Majos Meconen,
St.-Sgt. Maj.(res.) ,
33, of Beit She'an. Moshe was also killed in the Moshav Hamra
attack. The terrorist, who entered the Ohana home disguised in
IDF uniform, was killed by IDF forces. Both Fatah and Hamas
claimed responsibility.
Feb
8, 2002
Moranne
Amit, age 25, of
Kibbutz Kfar Hanasi
Moranne
was stabbed to death by four Palestinians, aged 14 to 16, while
strolling on the Sherover Promenade in Jerusalem 's Armon
Hanatziv neighborhood Friday afternoon.
Feb
9, 2002
Atala
Lipobsky, age 78,
of Ma'ale Ephraim
Atala
was shot dead on Saturday night while driving on the
Trans-Samaria Highway with her son. Palestinian gunmen opened
fire on the car, apparently from an ambush, between Ariel and
the Tapuah Junction.
Feb
10, 2002
Lt.
Keren Rothstein, age 20,
of Ashkelon
Cpl.
Aya Malachi, age 18, of
Moshav Ein Habesor
Keren
and Aya were killed in a drive-by terrorist shooting at the
entrance to the IDF Southern Command base in Be'er Sheva. Four
others were wounded, one critically. One of the terrorists was
killed at the scene; the second, wearing an explosives belt,
fled in the direction of a nearby school when he was shot and
killed by a soldier and police officer. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb
14, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Ron Lavie, age 20, of
Katzrin
St.-Sgt.
Moshe Peled, age 20, of
Rehovot
St.-Sgt.
Asher Zaguri, age 21, of
Shlomi
Ron,
Moshe, and Asher were killed and four soldiers injured when a
powerful mine exploded under a IDF tank on the Karni-Netzarim
road in the Gaza Strip Thursday night, following the detonation
of a roadside bomb at a civilian convoy of cars and a bus.
Feb
15, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Lee Nahman Akunis, age
20, of Holon ,
Lee
was shot and killed by gunmen on Friday night at a roadblock
north of Ramallah. The Fatah's Al-Aksa Brigade claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb
16, 2002
Nehemia
Amar, age 15, of
Ginot Shomron
Keren
Shatsky, age 15,
of Ginot Shomron
Nehemia
and Keren were killed and about 30 people were wounded, six
seriously, when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Saturday
night at a pizzeria in the shopping mall in Karnei Shomron in
Samaria . Rachel Thaler, 16, of Ginot Shomron died of her wounds
on February 27. The Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb
18, 2002
Policeman
Ahmed Mazarib, age 32,
of the Bedouin village Beit Zarzir in the Galilee . Ahmed was
killed by a suicide bomber whom he had stopped for questioning
on the Ma'ale Adumim-Jerusalem road. The terrorist succeeded in
detonating the bomb in his car. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb
18, 2002
Ahuva
Amergi, age 30,
of Ganei Tal in Gush Katif
Ahuva
was killed and a 60-year old man was injured when a Palestinian
terrorist opened fire on her car.
Maj.
Mor Elraz, age 25, of
Kiryat Ata
St.-Sgt.
Amir Mansouri, age 21,
of Kiryat Arba
Mor
and Amir who came to the assistance of Ahuva Amergi, were killed
while trying to intercept the terrorist. The terrorist was
killed when the explosives he was carrying were detonated. The
Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Feb
19, 2002
Six
people were killed and one wounded in an attack near a roadblock
west of Ramallah. Several terrorists opened fire at soldiers at
the roadblock, including three off-duty soldiers inside a
structure at the roadblock, killing them at point-blank range.
The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
The victims:
Lt.
Moshe Eini, age 21, of
Petah Tikva
St.-Sgt.
Benny Kikis, age 20, of
Carmiel
St.-Sgt.
Mark Podolsky, age 20,
of Tel Aviv
St.-Sgt.
Erez Turgeman, age 20,
of Jerusalem
St.-Sgt.
Tamir Atsmi, age 21, of
Kiryat Ono
St.-Sgt.
Michael Oxsman, age 21,
of Haifa
Feb
21, 2002
Minhal
Dragma, age 22,
of Baka al-Garbiya
Minhal
was killed when a terrorist opened fire at IDF soldiers
at the entrance to Baka al-Sharkiya.
Feb
22, 2002
Valery
Ahmir, age 59, of
Beit Shemesh
Valery
was killed by terrorists in a drive-by shooting on the
Atarot-Givat Ze'ev road north of Jerusalem as he returned home
from work. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb
25, 2002
Avraham
Fish, age 65, of
Nokdim
Aharon
Gorov, age 46, of
Nokdim,
Avraham
and Aharon were killed in a terrorist shooting attack between
Tekoa and Nokdim, south of Bethlehem . Fish's daughter, 9 months
pregnant, was seriously injured but delivered a baby girl. The
Fatah al-Aksa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb
25, 2002
Galit
Arbiv, Police officer 1st Sgt.,
age 21, of Nesher
Galit
died after being fatally shot, when a terrorist opened fire at a
bus stop in the Neve Ya'akov residential neighbhorhood in
northern Jerusalem . Eight others were injured, two seriously.
The Fatah al-Aksa Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Feb
27, 2002
Gad
Rejwan, 34, of Jerusalem
Gad
was shot and killed early the morning of Feb. 27 by one
of his Palestinian employees in a factory in the Atarot
industrial area, north of Jerusalem . Two Fatah groups issued a
joint statement taking responsibility for the murder.
Feb
28, 2002
Haim
Bachar, IDF soldier St. -Sgt. ,
age 20, of Tel Aviv
Haaim
was killed during clashes with Palestinians in the Balata
refugee camp near Nablus . IDF forces entered the camp to search
for wanted terrorists.
Mar
1, 2002
Ya'acov
Avni,
IDF soldier Sgt. ,
age 20, of Kiryat Ata
Ya’acov
was killed by Palestinian sniper fire in the Jenin refugee camp.
Mar
2, 2002
Chief-Supt.
Moshe Dayan, age 46, of
Ma'aleh Adumim
The
bullet riddled body of Moshe, a Jerusalem police detective, was
discovered next to his trail motorcycle, near the Mar Saba
Monastery in the Judean Desert . Tanzim claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Mar
2, 2002
Eleven
people were killed and over 50 were injured, 4 critically, in a
suicide bombing at 19:15 on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in
the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of
Jerusalem where people had gathered for a bar-mitzva
celebration. The terrorist detonated the bomb next to a group of
women waiting with their baby carriages for their husbands to
leave the nearby synagogue.
The
victims:
Shlomo
Nehmad, age 40,
of Rishon Lezion
Gafnit
Nehmad, age
32, of Rishon Lezion (Shlomo’s wife)
Shiraz
Nehmad, age 7, of Rishon
Lezion (their daughter)
Liran
Nehmad, age 3, of
Rishon Lezion (their daughter)
Shaul
Nehmad, age 15,
of Rishon Lezion
Lidor
Ilan, age 12, of
Rishon Lezion
Oriah
Ilan, age 18
months, of Rishon Lezion (Lidir’s sister)
Tzofia
Ya'arit Eliyahu,
age 23, of Jerusalem ,
Ya'akov
Avraham, age 7
months, of Jerusalem (Tzofia’s son)
Avi
Hazan, age 37, of
Moshav Adora,
Avraham
Eliahu Nehmad,
age 7, of Rishon Lezion,
Avraham died of his
injuries on June 20.
Avi
died of his
injuries on Monday morning (Mar 4). The
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade took responsibility for the
attack.
Mar
3, 2002
Ten
Israeli soldiers and 3 civilians were killed and 6 injured when
a terrorist opened fire at an IDF roadblock near Ofra in Samaria
The
victims:
Ariel
Hovav, Capt., age 25,
of Eli
David
Damelin, Lt.(res.), age
29, of Kibbutz Metzar
Rafael
Levy, 1st Sgt.(res.) ,
age 42, of Rishon Lezion
Avraham
Ezr, Sgt.-Maj.(res.) ,
age 38, of Kiryat Bialik
Eran
Gad, Sgt.-Maj.(res.),
age 24, of Rishon Letzion
Yochai
Porat,
Sgt.-Maj.(res.) , age
26, of Kfar Sava
Kfir
Weiss,
Sgt.-Maj.(res.), age
24, of Beit Shemesh
Sergei
Birmov, age 33,
of Ariel
Vadim
Balagula, age 32,
of Ariel
Didi
Yitzhak, age 66,
of Eli.
The
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Mar
3, 2002
Sgt.
Steven Kenigsberg, age
19, of Hod Hasharon
Stephen
was killed and 4 soldiers injured when a Palestinian gunman
opened fire near the Kissufim crossing in the Gaza Strip. The
Islamic Jihad and Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar
5, 2002
Salim
Barakat, age 33,
of Yarka (Police officer FSM)
Yosef
Habi, age 52, of
Herzliya
Eli
Dahan, age 53, of Lod
Salim,
Yosef, and Eli were killed and over 30 people were wounded in
Tel-Aviv when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on two
adjacent restaurants shortly after 2:00 AM. The Fatah Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar
5, 2002
Devorah
Friedman, age 45,
of Efrat
Devorah
was killed and her husband injured in shooting attack on the
Bethlehem bypass "tunnel road", south of Jerusalem .
The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Mar
5, 2002
Maharatu
Tagana, age 85,
of Upper Nazareth
Maharatu
was killed and a large number of people were injured when a
suicide bomber exploded in an Egged No. 823 bus as it entered
the Afula central bus station. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar
6, 2002
1st
Lt. Pinhas Cohen, age
23, of Jerusalem
Pinhas
was killed overnight near the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis ,
in the course of anti-terrorist activity.
Mar 6, 2002
Cpl. (res.) Alexander Nastarenko,
age 37, of Netanya
Alexander was killed when Palestinian gunmen crossed the border
fence and ambushed an army jeep on the patrol road near Kibbutz
Nir Oz.
Mar
7, 2002
Arik
Krogliak, age 18,
of Beit El,
Tal
Kurtzweil, age
18, of Bnei Brak
Asher Marcus, age 18, of
Jerusalem ,
Eran
Picard, age 18,
of Jerusalem ,
Ariel
Zana, age 18, of
Jerusalem ,
All
were killed and 23 people were injured, four seriously, when a
Palestinian gunman penetrated the pre-military training academy
in the Gush Katif settlement of Atzmona. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar
8, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Edward Korol, age 20, of
Ashdod
Edward
was killed by a Palestinian sniper in Tulkarem.
Mar
9, 2002
Avia
Malka, age 9
months, of South Africa
Israel
Yihye, age 27, of Bnei
Brak
Avia
and Israel were killed and about 50 people were injured, several
seriously, when two Palestinians opened fire and threw grenades
at cars and pedestrians in the coastal city of Netanya on
Saturday evening, close to the city's boardwalk and hotels. The
terrorists were killed by Israeli border police. The Fatah Al
Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar
9, 2002
Eleven
people were killed and 54 injured, 10 of them seriously, when a
suicide bomber exploded in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza
and Ben-Maimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center
of Jerusalem . Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Limor
Ben-Shoham, age
27, of Jerusalem
Nir
Borochov, age 22,
of Givat Ze'ev
Danit
Dagan, age 25, of
Tel-Aviv
Livnat
Dvash, age 28, of
Jerusalem
Tali
Eliyahu, age 26,
of Jerusalem
Uri
Felix, age 25, of Givat
Ze'ev
Dan
Imani, age 23, of
Jerusalem
Natanel
Kochavi, age 31,
of Kiryat Ata
Baruch
Lerner, age 29, of Eli
Orit
Ozerov, age 28,
of Jerusalem
Avraham
Haim Rahamim, age
28, of Jerusalem
Mar
10, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Kobi Eichelboim, age 21,
of Givatayim
Kobi
died Sunday afternoon from wounds suffered in the morning when a
Palestinian gunman disguised as a worker opened fire at the
entrance to Netzarim in the Gaza Strip.
Mar
12, 2002
Eyal
Lieberman, age
42, of Tzoran
Eyal
was killed and another person was wounded in a shooting attack
at the Kiryat Sefer checkpoint, east of Modi'in.
Mar
12, 2002
Yehudit
Cohen, age 33, of
Shlomi
Ofer
Kanarick, age 44,
of Moshav Betzet
Alexei
Kotman, age 29,
of Kibbutz Beit Hashita
Lynne
Livne, age 49, of
Kibbutz Hanita
Atara
Livne, age 15, of
Kibbutz Hanita (Lynne’s daughter)
Lt.
German Rozhkov, age 25,
of Kiryat Shmona
All were
killed when two terrorists opened fire from an ambush on Israeli
vehicles traveling between Shlomi and Kibbutz Metzuba near the
northern border with Lebanon . Seven others were injured.
Israeli forces killed the two gunmen, who were dressed in IDF
uniforms, and carried out wide-scale searches for additional
terrorists.
Mar
13, 2002
Lt.
Gil Badihi, age 21, of
Nataf
Gil
died of injuries suffered Wednesday morning in Ramallah. He was
shot in the head by a Palestinian gunman while inside his tank
and evacuating infantry personnel.
Mar
14, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Matan Biderman, age 21,
of Carmiel
St.-Sgt.
Ala Hubeishi, age 21, of
Julis
Sgt.
Rotem Shani, age 19, of
Hod Hasharon
Matan
, Ala , and Rotem were killed and two soldiers were injured
early Thursday morning when a tank escorting a civilian convoy
drove over a land mine exploded on the Karni-Netzarim road in
the Gaza Strip. Terrorists hiding in a nearby mosque detonated
the remote-controlled explosive charge beneath the armored
vehicle. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
and the Fatah's al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade both claimed
responsibility.
Mar
17, 2002
Noa
Auerbach, age 18,
of Kfar Sava
Noa
was killed and 16 people were injured when a terrorist opened
fire on passersby in the center of Kfar Sava. The gunman was
shot and killed by police.
Mar
19, 2002
1st
Lt. Tal Zemach, age 20,
of Kibbutz Hulda
Tal
was killed and three soldiers were injured when Palestinian
terrorists opened fire on them in the Jordan Valley . Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar
20, 2002
Sgt.
Michael Altfiro, age 19,
of Pardes Hanna
St.-Sgt.
Shimon Edri, age 20, of
Pardes Hanna
SWO
Meir Fahima, age
40, of Hadera
Cpl.
Aharon Revivo, age 19,
of Afula
Alon
Goldenberg, age
28, of Tel Aviv
Mogus
Mahento, age 75,
of Holon
Bella
Schneider, age 53, of
Hadera
All
were killed and about 30 people were wounded, several seriously,
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. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Mar
21, 2002
Gadi
Shemesh, age 34,
of Jerusalem
Tzipi
Shemesh, age 29
of Jerusalem and
Yitzhak
Cohen, age 48, of
Modi'in
Gadi,
Tzipi, and Yitshak were killed and 86 people injured, 3 of them
seriously, in a suicide bombing on King George Street in the
center of Jerusalem . The terrorist detonated the bomb, packed
with metal spikes and nails, in the center of a crowd of
shoppers. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Mar
24, 2002
Esther
Kleiman, age 23, of Neve
Tzuf
Esther
was killed in a shooting attack northwest of Ramallah, while
traveling to work in a reinforced Egged bus.
Mar
24, 2002
Avi
Sabag, age 24, of
Otniel
Avi
was killed in a terrorist shooting south of Hebron .
Mar
26, 2002
Major
Cengiz Soytunc of Turkey
Catherine
Berruex of Switzerland
Cengiz
and Catherine, members of the TIPH observer force in Hebron ,
were killed in an ambush shooting by a Palestinian gunman near
Halhul.
Mar
27, 2002
The
Passover Massacre:
Thirty people were killed and 140 injured - 20 seriously - in a
suicide bombing in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya
, in the midst of the Passover holiday seder with 250 guests.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Shula
Abramovitch, age
63, of Holon
David
Anichovitch, age 70, of
Netanya
Sgt.-Maj.
Avraham Beckerman, age
25, of Ashdod
Shimon
Ben-Aroya, 42, of
Netanya
Andre
Fried, age 47, of
Netanya
Idit
Fried, age 47, of
Netanya
Miriam
Gutenzgan, age 82, Ramat
Gan
Ami
Hamami, age 44, of
Netanya
Perla
Hermele, age 79,
of Sweden
Dvora
Karim, age 73, of
Netanya
Michael
Karim, age 78, of
Netanya
Yehudit
Korman, age 70,
of Ramat Hasharon
Marianne
Myriam Lehmann Zaoui,
age 77, of Netanya
Lola
Levkovitch, age 85, of
Jerusalem
Furuk
Na'imi, age 62,
of Netanya
Eliahu
Nakash, age 85,
of Tel-Aviv
Irit
Rashel, age 45,
of Moshav Herev La'et
Yulia
Talmi, age 87, of
Tel-Aviv
St.-Sgt.
Sivan Vider, age 20, of
Bekaot
Ernest
Weiss, age 79, of Petah
Tikva
Eva
Weiss, age 75, of Petah
Tikva
Meir
(George) Yakobovitch,
age 76, of Holon .
Chanah
Rogan, age 92, of
Netanya
Zee'v
Vider, age 50, of
Moshav Bekaot
Alter
Britvich, age 88, of
Netanya died of his injuries on April 2, 2002
Frieda
Britvich, age 86, of
Netanya (Alter’s wife) died of her injuries on April 3, 2002.
Sarah
Levy-Hoffman, age 89, of
Tel-Aviv died of her injuries on April 7, 2002.
Anna
Yakobovitch, age 78, of
Holon died of her injuries on April 11, 2002.
Eliezer
Korman, age 74,
of Ramat Hasharon died of his wounds on May 5, 2002.
Clara
Rosenberger, age 77, of
Jerusalem died of her wounds on June 25, 2003.
Mar
28, 2002
David
Gavish, age 50, of Elon
Moreh in Samaria
Rachel
Gavish, age 50, of Elon
Moreh in Samaria
Avraham
Gavish, age 20,
(David and Rachel’s son) of Elon Moreh in Samaria
Yitzhak
Kanner, age 83,
(Rachel's father) of Elon Moreh in Samaria
All
were killed when a terrorist infiltrated the community of Elon
Moreh in Samaria , entered their home and opened fire on its
inhabitants. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar
29, 2002
Tuvia
Wisner, age 79,
of Petah Tikva
Michael
Orlansky, age 70, of
Tel-Aviv
Tuvia
and Michael were killed Friday morning, when a Palestinian
terrorist infiltrated the Neztarim settlement in the Gaza Strip.
Mar
29, 2002
Lt.
Boaz Pomerantz, age 22,
of Kiryat Shmona
St.-Sgt.
Roman Shliapstein, age
22, of Ma'ale Efraim
Boaz
and Roman were killed in the course of the IDF anti-terrorist
action in Ramallah (Operation Defensive Shield).
Mar
29, 2002
Rachel
Levy, age 17, of
Jerusalem
Haim
Smadar, age 55,
of Jerusalem
Rachel
and Haim were killed and 28 people were injured, two seriously,
when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the Kiryat Yovel
supermarket in Jerusalem . The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar
30, 2002
Sgt.-Maj.
Constantine Danilov, age
23, of Or Akiva
Border
Policeman Constantine was shot and killed in Baka al-Garbiyeh,
during an exchange of fire with two Palestinians trying to cross
into Israel to carry out a suicide attack. The Fatah Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Mar
31, 2002
Fifteen
people were killed and over 40 injured in a suicide bombing in
Haifa , in the Matza restaurant of the gas station near the
Grand Canyon shopping mall. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
The
victims:
Suheil Adawi, age 32, of
Turan
Dov
Chernobroda, age
67, of Haifa
Shimon
Koren, age 55; of Haifa
Ran
Koren, age 18, of Haifa
(Shimon’s son)
Gal
Koren, age 15, of Haifa
(Shimon’s son)
Moshe
Levin, age 52, of Haifa
Danielle
Menchel, age 22, of
Haifa
Orly
Ofir, age 16, of
Haifa
Aviel
Ron, age 54, of
Haifa
Ofer
Ron, age 18, of
Haifa (Aviel’s son)
Anat
Ron, age 21, of
Haifa (Aviel’s daughter)
Ya'akov
Shani, age 53, of
Haifa
Adi
Shiran, age 17,
of Haifa
Daniel
Carlos Wegman, age 50,
of Haifa .
Carlos
Yerushalmi, age 52, of
Karkur, died on April 1 of wounds sustained in the attack.
Apr
1, 2002
Sgt.-Maj.
Ofir Roth, age 22, of
Gan Yoshiya
Ofir,
an IDF reserve soldier, was killed at a roadblock near Jerusalem
's Har Homa neighborhood by a Palestinian sniper firing from
Beit Sahur, near Bethlehem .
Apr
1, 2002
Tomer
Mordechai, age
19, of Tel-Aviv
Tomer,
a policeman, 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.
Apr
3, 2002
Moshe
Gerstner, IDF reservist Maj.,
age 29, of Rishon Lezion. Moshe was killed in Jenin during
anti-terrorist action (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr
4, 2002
Rachel
Charhi, age 36, of
Bat-Yam
Rachel
was critically injured in a suicide bombing in a cafe on the
corner of Allenby and Bialik streets in Tel-Aviv. Rachel died of
her wounds on March 30,. Some 30 others were injured in the
attack. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility.
Apr
4, 2002
Patrick
Pereg, age 30, of Rosh
Ha'ayin,
Border
Police Supt. Patrick, head of operations in an undercover unit,
was killed Thursday while attempting to arrest a wanted member
of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
Apr
4, 2002
Sgt.-Maj.(res.)
Einan Sharabi, age 32,
of Rehovot
Lt.
Nissim Ben-David, age
22, of Ashdod
St.-Sgt.
Gad Ezra, age 23, of
Bat-Yam
Einan,
Nissim, and Gad were killed during the IDF anti-terrorist action
in Jenin (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr
5, 2002
Sgt.
Marom Moshe Fisher, age
19, of Moshav Avigdor
Sgt.
Ro'i Tal, age 21, of
Ma'a lot
Sgt.
Oded Kornfein, age 20,
of Kibbutz Ha'on
Marom,
Ro’i, and Oded were killed in exchanges of fire between IDF
troops and Palestinian gunmen in Jenin (Operation Defensive
Shield).
Apr
6, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Nisan Avraham, age 26,
of Lod
Nisan
was killed and five other soldiers were lightly injured when two
Palestinian gunmen opened fire and threw grenades at the
entrance to Rafiah Yam in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians,
members of the Islamic Jihad, were killed.
Apr
8, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Matanya Robinson, age
21, of Kibbutz Tirat Zvi
Sgt.
Shmuel Weiss, age 19, of
Kiryat Arba
Mantanya
and Shmuel were killed in an ambush by Palestinian gunfire in
the Jenin refugee camp (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr
9, 2002
Thirteen
IDF soldiers were killed and 7 injured in the Jenin refugee camp
by Palestinian terrorists. An IDF patrol by reserve soldiers was
ambushed during operations in the refugee camp. Explosive
devices were detonated against them, as well as gunfire directed
against the soldiers from the rooftops of the surrounding
buildings.
The
soldiers killed:
Oded
Golomb, Maj.(res.)
age 22, of Kibbutz Nir David
Ya'akov
Azoulai, Capt.(res.) age
30, of Migdal Ha'emek
Dror
Bar, Lt.(res.),
age 28, of Kibbutz Einat
Eyal
Yoel, Lt.(res.),
age 28, of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel
Tiran
Arazi, 1st Sgt.(res.),
age 33, of Hadera
Yoram
Levy, 1st Sgt.(res.),
age 33, of Elad
Avner
Yaskov, 1st Sgt.(res.),
age 34, of Be'er Sheva
Ronen
Alshochat, Sgt. 1st Class (res.),
age 27, of Ramle
Eyal
Eliyahu Azouri, Sgt. 1st Class (res.),
age 27, of Ramat Gan
Amit
Busidan, Sgt. 1st Class (res.),
age 22, of Bat Yam
Menashe
Hava, Sgt. 1st Class (res.),
age 23, of Kfar Sava
Shmuel
Dani Mayzlish, Sgt. 1st Class (res.),
age 27, of Moshav Hemed
Eyal
Zimmerman, Sgt. 1st Class (res.),
age 22, of Ra'anana.
Apr
9, 2002
Maj.
Assaf Assoulin, age 30,
of Tel Aviv
Assaf
was killed as he defended his country in an exchange of fire in
Nablus .
Apr
9, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Gedaliah Mellick, age
21, of Jerusalem
Gedaliah
was killed and 12 soldiers were wounded in Jenin when an
explosive charge was thrown at a patrol.
Apr
10, 2002
Eight
people were killed and 22 people injured in a suicide bombing on
Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem , which
exploded near Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa . Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Avinoam
Alfia, age 26, of
Kiryat Ata
Shlomi
Ben Haim, Sgt.-Maj.(res.),
age 27, of Kiryat Yam
Nir
Danieli, Sgt.-Maj.(res.)
age 24, of Kiryat Ata
Keren
Franco, Border Police Lance Cpl.,
age 18, of Kiryat Yam
Ze'ev
Hanik, Sgt.-Maj.(res.),
age 24, of Karmiel
Noa
Shlomo, Border Police Lance Cpl.,
age 18, of Nahariya
Shimshon
Stelkol, Prison
Warrant Officer, age 33, of Kiryat Yam
Michael
Weissman, Sgt., age 21,
of Kiryat Yam
Apr
12, 2002
Lt.
Dotan Nahtomi, age 22,
of Kibbutz Tzuba
Dotan
died of wounds sustained earlier in the week during IDF
operations in Dura (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr
12, 2002
David
Smirnoff, Border policeman St.-Sgt.,
age 22, of Ashdod . David was killed when a Palestinian gunman
opened fire near the Erez crossing, in the Gaza Strip, killing
one and injuring another four Israelis. The terrorist killed one
and injured three Palestinian workers in the same shooting
spree. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr
12, 2002
Six
people were killed and 104 people were wounded when a woman
suicide bomber detonated a powerful charge at a bus stop on
Jaffa road at the entrance to Jerusalem 's Mahane Yehuda
open-air market. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Nissan
Cohen, age 57, of
Jerusalem
Rivka
Fink, age 75, of
Jerusalem
Suheila
Hushi, age 48, of
Jerusalem
Yelena
Konrab, age 43,
of Jerusalem
Ling
Chang Mai, age 34,
foreign worker from China ,
Chai
Siang Yang, age
32, foreign worker from China
Apr
20, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Uriel Bar-Maimon,
age 21 of Ashkelon
Border
Policeman Uriel was killed in an exchange of fire near the Erez
industrial park in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces
pursued the Palestinian gunman and killed him. An explosive belt
was found on his body. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
claimed responsibility.
Apr
22, 2002
Sgt.
Maj. Nir Krichman, age
22 of Hadera
Nir
was killed in an exchange of gunfire, when IDF forces entered
the village of Asira a-Shamaliya, north of Nablus , to arrest
known Hamas terrorists.
Apr
27, 2002
Danielle
Shefi, age 5, of Adora
Arik
Becker, age 22,
of Adora
Katrina
(Katya) Greenberg, age
45, of Adora
Ya'acov
Katz, age 51, of
Adora
Danielle,
Arik, Katya, and Ya’acov were killed when terrorists dressed
in IDF uniforms and combat gear cut through the settlement's
defensive perimeter fence and entered Adora, west of Hebron .
Seven other people were injured, one seriously. The terrorists
entered several homes, firing on people in their bedrooms. Both
Hamas and the PFLP claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
3, 2002
Avihu
Ya'akov, IDF officer Major,
age 24, of Kfar Hasidim
Avihu
was killed and two other soldiers injured in Nablus in a raid
against a terror cell that was planning a suicide attack in
Israel .
May
7, 2002
Fifteen
people were killed and 55 wounded in a crowded game club in
Rishon Lezion, southeast of Tel-Aviv, when a suicide bomber
detonated a powerful charge in the 3rd floor club, causing part
of the building to collapse. Hamas claimed responsibility for
the attack.
The
victims:
Esther
Bablar, age 54, of Bat
Yam
Yitzhak
Bablar, age 57, of Bat
Yam
Avi
Bayaz, age 26, of
Nes Ziona
Regina
Malka Boslan, age 62, of
Jaffa
Edna
Cohen, age 61, of Holon
Rafael
Haim, age 64, of
Tel-Aviv
Pnina
Hikri, age 60, of
Tel-Aviv
Nawa
Hinawi, age 51,
of Tel-Aviv
Rahamim
Kimhi, age 58, of
Rishon Lezion
Nir
Lovatin, age 31,
of Rishon Lezion
Shoshana
Magmari, age 51,
of Tel-Aviv
Dalia
Masa, age 56, of
Nahalat Yehuda
Rassan
Sharouk, age 60,
of Holon
Israel
Shikar, age 49, of
Rishon Lezion
Anat
Teremforush, age
36, of Ashdod .
May
8, 2002
A
suicide bomber exploded prematurely at Megiddo Junction in the
I'ron Valley. The terrorist was the only casualty.
May
12, 2002
Nisan
Dolinger, age 43,
of Pe'at Sadeh in the southern Gaza Strip
Nisan
was shot and killed by a Palestinian laborer. The assailant was
apprehended.
May
19, 2002
Yosef
Haviv, age 70, of
Netanya
Victor
Tatrinov, age 63, of
Netanya
Arkady
Vieselman, age
40, of Netanya,
Yosef,
Victor, and Arkady were killed and 59 people were injured - 10
seriously - when a suicide bomber, disguised as a soldier, blew
himself up in the market in Netanya. Both Hamas and the PFLP
took responsibility for the attack.
May
21, 2002
An
Israeli was injured when a bomb exploded on Kehilat Katzuvitch
Street in northern Tel Aviv.
May 22, 2002
Elmar
Dezhabrielov, age
16, of Rishon Lezion
Gary
Tauzniaski, age 65, of
Rishon Lezion
Elmar
and Gary were killed and about 40 people were wounded when a
suicide bomber detonated himself in the Rothschild Street
downtown pedestrian mall of Rishon Lezion.
May
24, 2002
Oren
Tzelnik, Reserve IDF Sgt. 1st Class,
age 23, of Bat Yam
Oren
was killed and two soldiers wounded when terrorists opened fire
on their APC during a counter-terrorist operation in Tulkarm.
May
27, 2002
Ruth
Peled, age 56, of
Herzliya
Sinai
Keinan, age 14 months,
(Ruth’s infant granddaughter) of Petah Tikva
Ruth
and Sinia were killed and 37 people were injured, some
seriously, when a suicide bomber detonated himself near an ice
cream parlor outside a shopping mall in Petah Tikva. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
28, 2002
Albert Maloul, age 50, of
Jerusalem , was killed when shots were fired at the car in which
he was traveling south on the Ramallah bypass road. Maloul and
his cousin, who was lightly injured, were returning home to
Jerusalem from Eli, where they operate the swimming pool. The
Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
May
28, 2002
Netanel
Riachi, age 17,
of Kochav Ya'akov
Gilad
Stiglitz, age 14,
of Yakir
Avraham
Siton, age 17, of
Shilo
Netanel,
Gilad, and Avraham, three yeshiva high school students, were
killed and two others wounded in Itamar, southeast of Nablus ,
when a Palestinian gunman infiltrated the community and opened
fire on the teenagers playing basketball, before he was shot
dead by a security guard. The Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack.
June
5, 2002
Seventeen
people were killed and 38 injured when a car packed with a large
quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830 traveling from
Tel-Aviv to Tiberias at the Megiddo junction near Afula. The
bus, which burst into flames, was completely destroyed. The
terrorist, who drove the car bomb, was killed in the blast. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Cpl.
Liron Avitan, age 19, of
Hadera
Cpl.
Avraham Barzilai, age
19, of Netanya
Cpl.
Dennis Blumin, age 20,
of Hadera
St.-Sgt.
Eliran Buskila, age 21,
of Hadera
St.-Sgt.
Zvi Gelberd, age 20 of
Hadera
Sgt.
Violetta Hizgayev, age
20, of Hadera
St.-Sgt.
Ganadi Issakov, age 21,
of Hadera
Sgt.
Sariel Katz, age 21, of
Netanya
Cpl.
Vladimir Morari, age 19,
of Hadera
Sgt.
Yigal Nedipur, age 21,
of Netanya
Sgt.
Dotan Reisel, age 22, of
Hadera
St.-Sgt.
David Stanislavksy, age
23, of Netanya
Sgt.
Sivan Wiener, age 19, of
Holon
Zion
Agmon, age 50, of Hadera
Adi
Dahan, age 17, of
Afula
Shimon Timsit, age 35, of
Tel-Aviv.
Eliyahu
Timsit, age 32,
of Sderot, the 17th victim, was identified in December
2002.
June
6, 2002
Erez
Rund, age 18, of
Ofra
Erez
died of gunshot wounds to the chest sustained in a shooting
attack near Ofra, north of Ramallah, when Palestinian terrorists
opened fire from an ambush.
June
8, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Eyal Sorek, age 23, of
Carmei Tzur
Yael
Sorek, age 24 (Eyal’s
wife and 9 months pregnant) of Carmei Tzur
Shalom
Mordechai, St.-Sgt.-Maj.(res.),
age 35, of Nahariya
Eyal,
Yael, their unborn child, and Shalom were killed and five others
injured when terrorists infiltrated the community of Carmei Tzur
in the Gush Etzion bloc and opened fire at 2:30 A.M. on Friday
night. The Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
June
11, 2002
Hadar
Hershkowitz, age
14, of Herzliya
Hadar
was killed and 15 others were wounded when a Palestinian suicide
bomber set off a relatively small pipe bomb at a shwarma
restaurant in Herzliya.
June
11, 2002
D'vir
Musai, an eighth grader, and two other children were wounded
when terrorists detonated a bomb against an Israeli schoolbus.
June
15, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Haim Yehezkel (Hezki) Gutman,
age 22, of Beit El
St.-Sgt.
Alexei Gladkov, age 20,
of Be'er Sheva
Haim
and Alexei were killed and four soldiers were wounded in a
confrontation with terrorists near Alei Sinai and Dugit in the
northern Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Lt. Anatoly Krasik, age
22, of Petah Tikva died of his wounds on June 22.
June
18, 2002
Patt Junction massacre:
Nineteen
people were killed and 74 were injured - six seriously - in a
suicide bombing at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A
traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem . The bus, which
was completely destroyed, was carrying many students on their
way to school. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Boaz
Aluf, age 54, of
Jerusalem
Shani
Avi-Zedek, age
15, of Jerusalem
Leah
Baruch, age 59, of
Jerusalem
Mendel
Bereson, age 72, of
Jerusalem
Rafael
Berger, age 28, of
Jerusalem
Michal
Biazi, age 24, of
Jerusalem
Tatiana
Braslavsky, age 41, of
Jerusalem
Galila
Bugala, age 11,
of Jerusalem
Raisa
Dikstein, age 67,
of Jerusalem
Dr.
Moshe Gottlieb, age 70,
of Jerusalem
Baruch
Gruani, age 60, of
Jerusalem
Orit
Hayla, age 21, of
Jerusalem
Helena
Ivan, age 63, of
Jerusalem
Iman
Kabha, age 26, of
Barta
Shiri
Negari, age 21,
of Jerusalem
Gila
Nakav, age 55, of
Jerusalem
Yelena
Plagov, age 42,
of Jerusalem
Liat
Yagen, age 24 of
Jerusalem
Rahamim
Zidkiyahu, age
51, of Jerusalem .
June
19, 2002
Noa
Alon, age 60, of
Ofra
Gal
Eisenman, age 5, of
Ma'ale Adumim
Michal
Franklin, age 22,
of Jerusalem
Tatiana
Igelski, age 43, of
Moldova
Hadassah
Jungreis, age 20, of
Migdal Haemek
Gila
Sara Kessler, age 19, of
Eli
Shmuel
Yerushalmi, age
17, of Shilo
All
were killed and 50 people were injured - three of them in
critical condition - when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a
crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French Hill
intersection in northern Jerusalem shortly after 7:00 P.M., as
people were returning home from work. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
June
19, 2002
Maj.
Shlomi Cohen, age 26, of
Rehovot
St.-Sgt.
Yosef Talbi, age 20, of
Yehud
Shlomi
and Yosef were killed and four soldiers were wounded Wednesday
night in Kalkilya when Palestinian gunmen opened fire while the
soldiers were in pursuit of two terrorists inside a building.
June
20, 2002
Rachel
Shabo, age 40, of Itamar
Neria
Shabo, age 16, of
Itamar (Rachel’s son)
Zvika
Shabo, age 12, of
Itamar (Rachel’s son)
Avishai
Shabo, age 5, of
Itamar (Rachel’s son)
Yosef
Twito, age 31, of
Itamar (a neighbor, who came to their aid)
All
were killed when a terrorist entered their home in Itamar, south
of Nablus , and opened fire. Two other children were injured, as
well as two soldiers. The terrorist was killed by IDF forces.
The PFLP and the Fatah Al Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack.
July
4, 2002
Victoria
Hen, age 25, of Los
Angeles
Yaakov
Aminov, age 46,
of Los Angeles
Victoria
(an El Al ticket agent) and Yaakav were shot and killed at the
El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport by
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a 41-year-old Egyptian national. Four
others were wounded before he was shot dead by an El Al security
guard. U.S. authorities subsequently ruled it a terrorist attack
related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
July
10, 2002
Hagai
Lev, IDF officer Capt.,
age 24, of Jerusalem
Hagai,
the deputy commander of a Givati reconnaissance unit, was killed
by Palestinian sniper fire while conducting a search for weapons
smuggling tunnels in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The
Fatah Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the
shooting.
July
16, 2002
Nine
people were killed and age 20 injured in a terrorist attack on
Dan bus No. 189 traveling from Bnei Brak to Emmanuel in Samaria
. An explosive charge was detonated next to the bullet-resistant
bus. The terrorists waited in ambush, reportedly wearing IDF
uniforms, and opened fire on the bus. While four terror
organizations claimed responsibility for the attack, it was
apparently carried out by the same HAMAS cell which carried out
the attack in Emmanuel on Dec 12, 2001.
The
victims:
Galila
Ades, age 42, of
Emmanuel
Yonatan
Gamliel, age 16,
of Emmanuel
Keren
Kashani, age 29,
of Emmanuel
Sarah
Tiferet Shilon, age 8
months, of Emmanuel
Gal
Shilon (her father), age
32, of Emmanuel
Zilpa
Kashi (her
grandmother), age 65, of Givatayim
Ilana
Siton, age 35, of
Emmanuel.
The premature infant
delivered after its mother, Yehudit Weinberg, was seriously
injured, died of his injuries overnight.
Yocheved
Ben-Hanan, age
21, of Emmanuel, critically wounded, died on July 18.
July
17, 2002
Lt.
Elad Grenadier, age 21,
of Haifa
Elad
was killed and three soldiers were wounded early Wednesday
morning in an exchange of fire with the terrorists responsible
for the attack in Emmanuel on July 16.
July
17, 2002
Adrian
Andres, age 30, of
Romania
Boris
Shamis, age 25, of
Tel-Aviv
Xu
Hengyong, age 39,
of China
Adrian,
Boris, and Xu were killed and 40 were injured in a double
suicide bombing on Neve Shaanan Street near the old central bus
station in Tel Aviv. Two of those critically wounded
subsequently died of their injuries:
Li
Bin, age 33, of China
(died July 24)
Dmitri
Pundikov, age 33,
of Bat-Yam (died July 25).
The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
July
21, 2002
Palestinian
terrorists detonated a bomb near Yavne against a train traveling
Binyamina to Ashdod . The conductor was wounded.
July
25, 2002
Rabbi
Elimelech Shapira, age
43, of Peduel
Rabbi
Elimelech was killed and another civilian injured in a shooting
attack near the West Bank community of Alei Zahav, west of
Ariel. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
July
26, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Elazar Lebovitch, age
21, of Hebron
Rabbi
Yosef Dikstein, age 45,
of Psagot
Hannah
Dikstein, age 42, of
Psagot (Rabbi Yosef’s wife)
Shuv'el
Zion Dikstein, age
9, of Psagot (Yoseh and Hannah’s son) . All were killed in a
shooting attack south of Hebron . Two other of their children
were injured. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack.
July
30, 2002
Shlomo
Odesser, age 60,
of Tapuach in Samaria
Mordechai
Odesser, age 52,
of Tapuach in Samaria , (Shlomo’s brother)
Shlomo
and Mordechai were shot and killed when their truck came under
fire in the West Bank village of Jama'in , near Ariel. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
July
31, 2002
Nine
people - four Israelis and five foreign nationals - were killed
and 85 injured, 14 of them seriously, when a bomb exploded in
the Frank Sinatra student center cafeteria on the Hebrew
University 's Mt. Scopus campus. The explosive device was
planted inside the cafeteria, which was gutted by the explosion.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
David
Diego Ladowski, age 29,
of Jerusalem
Levina
Shapira, age 53,
of Jerusalem
Marla
Bennett, age 24, of
California (US)
Benjamin
Blutstein, age 25, of
Pennsylvania (US)
Dina
Carter, age 37, of
Jerusalem
Janis
Ruth Coulter, age 36, of
Massachusetts (US)
David
Gritz, age 24, of
Jerusalem
Daphna
Spruch, age 61,
of Jerusalem died of her wounds on August age 10.
Revital
Barashi, age 30,
died of her wounds on August 13.
Aug
1, 2002
Shani
Ladani, age 27,
of Moshav Olash
The
body of Shani, shot and bound, was found west of Tulkarem, near
the Green Line, in the industrial zone where he was employed.
Aug
4, 2002
Nine
people were killed and some 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of
Egged bus No. 361 traveling from Haifa to Safed at the Meron
junction in northern Israel . Hamas claimed responsibility for
the attack.
The
victims:
Mordechai
Yehuda Friedman,
age 24, of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Sari
Goldstein, age 21, of
Karmiel
Maysoun
Amin Hassan, age
19, of Sajur
Marlene
Menahem, age 22, of
Moshav Safsufa
Sgt.-Maj.
Roni Ghanem, age 28, of
Maghar
Sgt.
Yifat Gavrieli, age 19,
of Mitzpe Adi
Sgt.
Omri Goldin, age 20, of
Mitzpe Aviv
Adelina
Kononen, age 37,
of the Philippines
Rebecca
Roga, age 40, of the
Philippines .
Aug
4, 2002
Yekutiel
Amitai, age 34,
of Jerusalem
Nizal
Awassat, age 52,
of the Jabel Mukaber area of East Jerusalem . Yekutiel and Nizal
were killed and 17 were wounded when a Palestinian terrorist
opened fire with a pistol near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's
Old City . Border policemen exchanged fire with the gunman,
killing him. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Aug
5, 2002
Avi
Wolanski, age 29,
of Eli,
Avital
Wolnaski, age 27,
of Eli, (Avi’s wife)
Avi
and Avital were killed and one of their children, age 3, was
injured when terrorists opened fire on their car as they were
traveling on the Ramallah-Nablus road near Eli in Samaria . The
Martyrs of the Palestinian Popular Army, a splinter group
associated with Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Aug
10, 2002
Yafit
Herenstein, age
31, of Moshav Mechora, Jordan Valley
Yafit
was killed and her husband, Arno, seriously wounded when a
Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the moshav and opened fire
outside their home. The terrorist was killed by soldiers. The
Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug
20, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Kevin Cohen, age 19, of
Petah Tikva
Kevin
was killed by a Palestinian sniper near Khan Yunis in the Gaza
Strip.
Sept
5, 2002
Lt. Malik Grifat, age 24, of
Zarzir
Malik was killed and a soldier wounded when a Palestinian
terrorist opened fire, from a crowded school, towards an IDF
patrol near Nisanit in the northern Gaza Strip. The terrorist
was killed. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Sept
5, 2002
Sgt.
Aviad Dotan, age 21, of
Moshav Nir Galim
Aviad
was killed and three soldiers were wounded when a large bomb
weighing over 100 kgs exploded under a Merkava tank near the
Kissufim Crossing in central Gaza Strip. An umbrella group
representing several Palestinian factions claimed
responsibility.
Sept
18, 2002
David
Buhbut, age 67, of
Ma'ale Adumim
David’s
charred body with a gun shot in the head, was found near el-Azzariya,
a Palestinian village near Ma'ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem ,
the victim of a terrorist killing.
Sept
18, 2002
Yosef
Ajami, age 36, of
Jerusalem
Ajami
was killed Wednesday afternoon when terrorists opened fire on
his car near Mevo Dotan, north of Jenin in the West Bank . The
other occupant of the car, a foreign worker, was lightly
injured. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Sept
18, 2002
Moshe
Hezkiyah, Police Sgt.,
age 21, of Elyachin
Moshe
was killed and three people were wounded in a suicide bombing at
a bus stop at the Umm al Fahm junction. The terrorist, who was
apparently planning to detonate the bomb after boarding a bus,
set the charge off early when approached by the police for
questioning. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Sept
19, 2002
Solomon
Hoenig, age 79, of Tel
Aviv
Yossi
Mamistavlov, age
39 of Or Yehuda
Yaffa
Shemtov, age 49,
of Tel Aviv
Rosanna
Siso, age 63, of Gan
Yavneh
Ofer
Zinger, age 29,
of Moshav Pazael
Jonathan
(Yoni) Jesner, age 19,
of Glasgow , Scotland
All
were killed and 70 people were wounded when a terrorist
detonated a bomb in Dan bus No. 4 on Allenby Street , opposite
the Great Synagogue in Tel-Aviv. Hamas claimed responsbility for
the attack.
Sept
23, 2002
Shlomo
Yitzhak Shapira,
age 48, of Jerusalem
Shlomo
was killed and three of his children wounded, one seriously, in
a shooting attack Monday evening near the Cave of the Patriarchs
in Hebron . The family, from Jerusalem , had come to Hebron to
celebrate the Sukkot festival.
Sept
26, 2002
Capt.
Harel Marmelstein, age
23, of Mevasseret Zion
Harel,
an IDF officer from the naval commando, was killed while leading
a search for wanted terrorists in the West Bank village of Labed
near Tulkarem. Senior Hamas terrorist Nisa'at Jaber ambushed the
troops, opening fire and killing the commander. Jaber was killed
by the soldiers.
Sept
26, 2002
Five
people were wounded in a terrorist shooting attack at K'vasim
Junction in the Hevron Hills. All the victims, four adults and
an infant were residents of nearby Beit Haggai.
Sept
30, 2002
St.-Sgt.
Ari Weiss, age 21, of
Ra'anana
Ari
was killed and another soldier from the engineering battalion of
the Nahal Brigade was wounded when Palestinian gunmen opened
fire on an army position in the Nablus casbah. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct
3, 2002
An
Israeli Arab was wounded by terrorist gunfire between Tul Karem
and Jenin while working on the road from Baka el-Sharqiya to
Hermes
Oct
8, 2002
Oded
Wolk, age 51, of
Modi'in
Oded,
was critically wounded in an ambush shooting south of Hebron ,
and died of his wounds the following day (Oct 9). Three other
Israelis were injured in the attack when Palestinian gunmen
opened fire on their car. Hamas claimed resopnsibility for the
attack.
Oct
10, 2002
Sa'ada Aharon, age 71, of
Ramat Gan was killed and about 30 people were wounded when a
suicide bomber blew himself up while trying to board Dan bus No.
87 across from Bar-Ilan University on the Geha highway (Route
4). Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct
15, 2002
Seven
people were wounded when an intercity bus traveling from Beit
Shean to Afula was targeted by terrorist gunfire.
Oct
21, 2002
No. 841
Egged Bus massacre:
Fourteen
people were killed and some 50 wounded when a car bomb
containing about 100 kilograms of explosives was detonated next
to a No. 841 Egged bus from Kiryat Shmona to Tel-Aviv, while
traveling along Wadi Ara on Route No. 65 toward Hadera. The bus
had pulled over at a bus stop when the suicide bomber, from
Jenin, driving a jeep, approached from behind and exploded. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Osnat
Abramov, age 16,
of Holon
Indelou
Ashati, age 54,
of Hadera
St.-Sgt.
Liat Ben-Ami, age 20, of
Haifa
Ofra
Burger, age 56,
of Hod Hasharon
Cpl.
Ilona Hanukayev, age 20,
of Hadera
Suad
Jaber, age 23, of
Taibe
Iris
Lavi, age 68, of Netanya
Eliezer
Moskovitch, Sgt.-Maj.(res.) ,
age 40, of Petah Tikva
St.-Sgt.
Nir Nahum, age 20, of
Carmiel
Sgt.
Esther Pesachov, age 19,
of Givat Olga
St.-Sgt.
Aiman Sharuf, age 20, of
Ussfiyeh
Sergei
Shavchuk, age 35,
of Afula
Anat
Shimshon, age 33,
of Ra'anana
Cpl.
Sharon Tubol, age 19, of
Arad .
Oct
27, 2002
Maj.
(res.) Tamir Masad, age
41, of Ben Shemen
Lt.
Matan Zagron, age 22, of
Itamar
Sgt.-Maj.
Amihud Hasid, age 32, of
Tapuah
Tamir,
Matan, and Amihud were killed and about 20 people were wounded
in a suicide bombing at the Sonol gas station at the entrance to
Ariel in Samaria . The two officers and soldier were killed
while trying to prevent the terrorist from detonating the bomb.
The terrorist was identified as a member of Hamas.
Oct
29, 2002
Orna
Eshel, age 53, of
Hermesh
Linoy
Saroussi, age 14,
of Hermesh
Hadas
Turgeman, age 14,
of Hermesh
Orna,
Linoy, and Hadas were killed and two were wounded when a
terrorist armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and wearing an
explosive belt opened fire, after infiltrating the settlement in
northern Samaria . The terrorist was shot dead. The Fatah
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov
4, 2002
Julio
Pedro Magram, age 51, of
Kfar Sava
Gastón
Perpiñal, age
15, of Ra'anana
Julio
and Perpinal, both recent immigrants from Argentina , were
killed and about 70 people were wounded in a suicide bombing at
a shopping mall in Kfar Sava. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Nov
6, 2002
Assaf
Tzfira, age 18,
of B'dolah
Amos
Sa'ada, age 52, of
Rafiah Yam
Assaf
and Amos were killed when when a Palestinian terrorist opened
fire in a hothouse and textile factory at Pe'at Sadeh in the
southern Gaza Strip. The terrorist was killed by a security
officer. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov
9, 2002
Sgt.-Maj.
Madin Grifat, age 23, of
Beit Zarzir
Madin
was killed when a mine exploded during a routine patrol
northeast of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip. The Givati Brigade
company commander was wounded. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Nov
10, 2002
Revital
Ohayon, age 34,
of Kibbutz Metzer
Matan
Ohayon, age 5, of
Kibbutz Metzer (Revital’s son)
Noam
Ohayon, age 4, of
Kibbutz Metzer (Revital’s son)
Yitzhak
Dori, age 44, of Kibbutz
Tirza
Damari, age 42,
of Elyachin
All
were killed when a terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz, located
east of Hadera near the Green Line, and opened fire. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov
15, 2002
Twelve
people - 9 soldiers and three civilians from the Kiryat Arba
emergency response team were killed and 15 others wounded in
Hebron when Palestinian terrorists opened fire
and threw grenades at a group of Jewish worshipers and their
guards as they were walking home from Sabbath prayers at the
Cave of the Patriarchs. The dead included civilian worshipers
and soldiers, some of whom were caught in an ambush as they
pursued the attackers. Three terrorists were killed in the
attack, which was claimed by the Islamic Jihad.
The
victims:
Col.
Dror Weinberg, age 38,
of Jerusalem
Samih
Sweidan, Border Police officer Ch.-Supt.
age 31, of Arab al-Aramsha
Sgt.
Tomer Nov, age 19, of
Ashdod ;
Sgt. Gad Rahamim, age 19, of
Kiryat Malachi
St.-Sgt.
Netanel Machluf, age 19,
of Hadera
St.-Sgt.
Yeshayahu Davidov, age
20, of Netanya
Sgt.
Igor Drobitsky, age 20,
of Nahariya
Cpl.
David Marcus, age 20, of
Ma'aleh Adumim
Lt.
Dan Cohen, age 22, of
Jerusalem .
Three
civilian members of the Kiryat Arba emergency response team were
killed:
Yitzhak
Buanish, age 46, of
Kiryat Arba
Alexander
Zwitman, age 26, of
Kiryat Arba
Alexander
Dohan, age 33, of Kiryat
Arba
Nov
18, 2002
Esther
Galia, age 48, of Kochav
Hashahar
Esther
was killed in a shooting attack near Rimonim, on the Allon Road
, some 15 kilometers northeast of Ramallah.
Nov
21, 2002
Eleven
people were killed and some 50 wounded by a suicide bomber on a
No. 20 Egged bus on Mexico Street in the Kiryat Menahem
neighborhood of Jerusalem . The bus was filled with passengers,
including school children, traveling toward the center of the
city during rush hour. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
The
victims:
Hodaya
Asraf, age 13, of
Jerusalem
Marina
Bazarski, age 46, of
Jerusalem
Hadassah
(Yelena) Ben-David, age
32, of Jerusalem
Sima
Novak, age 56, of
Jerusalem
Kira
Perlman, age 67,
of Jerusalem
Ilan
Perlman, age 8,
of Jerusalem (Kira’s grand son)
Yafit
Ravivo, age 14 of
Jerusalem
Ella
Sharshevsky, age 44, of
Jerusalem
Michael
Sharshevsky, age age 16,
of Jerusalem (Ella’s son)
Mircea
Varga, age 25, a
tourist from Romania
Dikla
Zino, age 22, of
Jerusalem .
Nov
22, 2002
Shigdaf
(Shai) Garmai (IDF
tracker Sgt.-Maj.), age 30, of Lod . Shai was killed when an
Israel Defense Forces Givati Brigade patrol near Tel Qateifa, in
the Gaza Strip, came under Palestinian gunfire. Hamas claimed
responsibility.
Nov
28, 2002
Kenyan
Hotel Bombing:
Noy
Anter, age 12, of
Arial
Dvir
Anter, age 14, of
Ariel
Albert
(Avraham) de Havila, age
60, of Ra'anana
Noy,
Dvir, and Avraham were killed along with 10 Kenyans when a car
bomb exploded in the lobby of the Israeli-owned beachfront
Paradise Hotel, frequented almost exclusively by Israeli
tourists, near Mombasa in Kenya ; 21 Israelis were among the 80
wounded. Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for
the attack, as well as for the simultaneous attempt to down an
Arkia plane.
Nov
28, 2002
Haim
Amar, age 56, of
Beit She'an
Ehud
(Yehuda) Avitan,
age 54, of Beit She'an
Mordechai
Avraham, age 44,
of Beit She'an
Ya'acov
Lary, age 35, of
Beit She'an
David
Peretz, age 48, of Beit
She'an
Shaul
Zilberstein, age
36, of Upper Nazareth
All
were killed and about 40 wounded when two terrorists opened fire
and threw grenades at the Likud polling station in Beit She'an,
near the central bus station, where party members were casting
their votes in the Likud primary. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec
12, 2002
Cpl.
Keren Ya'akobi, age 19,
of Hadera
Sgt.
Maor Kalfon, age 19, of
Kiryat Yam
Keren
and Maor were killed while on guard near the Tomb of the
Patriarchs in Hebron .
Dec
20, 2002
Rabbi
Yitzhak Arama, age 40,
of Netzer Hazani in Gush Katif, in the Gaza Strip . Rabbi
Yitzhak was shot and killed on the Kissufim corridor road while
driving with his wife and six children to attend a pre-wedding
Sabbath celebration in Afula. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Dec
27, 2002
Four
yeshiva students:
St.-Sgt.
Noam Apter, age 23, of
Shilo
Pvt.
Yehuda Bamberger, age
20, of Karnei Shomron
Gavriel
Hoter, age 17, of
Alonei Habashan
Zvi
Zieman, age 18,
of Reut
Noam,
Yehuda, Gavriel, and Zvi were killed in Otniel, south of Hebron
, while working in the yeshiva kitchen, serving the Shabbat meal
to some 100 students in the adjacent dining room. Two terrorists
infiltrated the settlement, entered the yeshiva building through
the kitchen service door, and shot dead the four unarmed
students. The two terrorists from the Islamic Jihad, which
claimed responsibility for the attack, were killed by IDF
forces. Ten others, including six soldiers, were wounded in the
attack.
