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Alexei Kotman | 29 | Kibbutz Beit Hashita | Immigrated to Israel from Russia with family two years earlier. Worked as truck driver. Boss described him as dependable and dedicated. Survived by pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter. |
March 12, 2002 Killed by gunfire while driving truck near the northern border with Lebanon. One of six people killed. |
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Atara Livne | 15 | Kibbutz Hanita | A high school classmate called her "amazing" and funny. |
March 12, 2002 Was driving with her mother to visit a friend in northern Israel when two gunmen opened fire killing both. |
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Lynne Livne | 49 | Kibbutz Hanita | Mother of four. Born in England, met her future husband in Canada. Moved together to Israel in 1980. She converted to Judaism and they were married. Was well liked and respected, a friend said. |
March 12, 2002 Driving her daughter, Atara, to visit a friend in northern Israel when two gunmen opened fire, killing both. |
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German Rojyakov | 25 | Kiryat Shmona | Immigrated to Israel from Ukraine seven years earlier. Lieutenant in Israeli army combat unit. His mother said he dreamed of being an officer since he was a small boy. |
March 12, 2002 One of the first officers to respond at the scene of ambush on motorists in northern Israel. Killed in a 30-minute firefight with terrorists disguised in Israeli army uniforms and armed with grenades, Kalashnikovs and M-16 rifles. "He dreamed of being a hero, and this is what happened," a friend said. |
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Noa Auerbach | 18 | Kfar Saba | Youngest of four children. Aspired to become an instructor in an Israeli Army infantry unit. Studied social science at Tel Aviv High School. |
March 17, 2002 Left with friends after classes to buy falafel for lunch. Fatally wounded when gunman opened fire on passersby in center of Kfar Sava, near the high school. |
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Michael Altfiro | 19 | Pardes Hanna | Immigrated with family from Moldavia in 1990. Avid reader of Hebrew and Russian books. Sergeant in Israeli army. Fan of Liverpool soccer team. Switched guard shifts on day he was killed so he could watch the team's game against AS Roma. |
March 20, 2002 Riding on a Tel Aviv to Nazareth bus when a suicide bomber on board detonated near Afula, killing seven on board. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. |
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Shimon Edri | 20 | Pardes Hanna | Staff sergeant in Israeli army. Loved horses and once kept one of his own in family's yard. Enjoyed being in army, waking up early and polishing his shoes so he could "serve as an example," his father said. |
March 20, 2002 Killed in attack on Tel Aviv to Nazareth bus. |
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Meir Fahima | 40 | Hadera | Senior warrant officer with Israeli army, having served for 23 years. Traveled each morning by bus to his base. |
March 20, 2002 Killed in bombing attack on Tel Aviv to Nazareth bus. |
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Alon Goldenberg | 28 | Tel Aviv | Born and raised in Tel Aviv. Traveled extensively in South America and Asia. Amateur photographer who loved to surf. Often helped his father, a well-known fisherman in Jaffa. Recently helped build a youth village near Nitzanim. |
March 20, 2002 Killed in bombing attack on Tel Aviv to Nazareth bus. |
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Mogus Mahento | 75 | Tel Aviv | Immigrated to Israel in 1991 from Ethiopia, where he was a locksmith. Lived in senior citizens' home in Holon. Spent most of his time with his 13 grandchildren, friends said. |
March 20, 2002 Killed in bombing attack on Tel Aviv to Nazareth bus. |
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Aharon Revivo | 19 | Afula | Corporal in Israeli army. Known as "Ronny." Survived by parents, two sisters, and a two-year-old brother. |
March 20, 2002 Killed in bombing attack on Tel Aviv to Nazareth bus. Riding the bus to visit his mother. |
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Bella Schneider | 53 | Hadera | Immigrated to Israel from Moldavia in 1980 with husband and two sons. Formerly worked as registered nurse in psychiatric hospital. Studying for a degree from Jezreel Valley Regional College. |
March 20, 2002 Killed in bombing attack on Tel Aviv to Nazareth bus. Riding the bus to college. |
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Yitzhak Cohen | 48 | Modi'in | Immigrated to Israel as a child from Tunisia with parents and five siblings. Married and had six children. Moved to Modi'in seven months earlier because he thought it was safer. |
March 21, 2002 One of three people killed and 86 injured in a suicide bombing on busy King George Street in the center of Jerusalem. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility. |
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Gad Shemesh | 34 | Jerusalem | A sergeant major in the Israeli Army. Had just accompanied his pregnant wife, Tzipi, to an ultrasound. The couple learned she was carrying twins. On leaving the medical clinic, they passed near the terrorist who blew himself up. Both were killed. |
March 21, 2002 Killed in suicide bombing attack on King George Street in Jerusalem. |
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Tzipi Shemesh | 29 | Jerusalem | Five months pregnant, went with her husband, Gad, for an ultrasound. They learned she was carrying twins. On leaving the medical clinic, they passed near suicide bomber. Tzipi was killed instantly; Gad died shortly afterwards in hospital. Survived by two daughters. |
March 21, 2002 Killed in suicide bombing on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem. |
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Esther Klieman | 23 | Neve Tzuf | Special education kindergarten teacher. Had volunteered for two years of National Service in a school for disturbed children, working with Arab and Jewish children. |
March 24, 2002 Killed in a shooting attack northwest of Ramallah, while traveling to work in a reinforced bus. Bullet penetrated unprotected part of the bus, above the bullet-proof windows, striking her in the head. |
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Avi Sabag | 24 | Otniel | Married his wife, Dafna, six months earlier. Had served as a combat medic in the army. Continuing yeshiva studies. |
March 24, 2002 Fatally shot in a terrorist ambush on his car south of Hebron in the West Bank. Returning home after shopping for Passover in Jerusalem. |
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Shula Abramovitch | 63 | Holon | Immigrated to Israel from Poland as a teenager. Lived most of her life in Holon. Worked in the accounting department of a textile plant, where she met her husband. After marriage, focused on rearing her two daughters. |
March 27, 2002 One of 29 people killed in a suicide bombing in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya. Terrorist struck as people were sitting down for a traditional Seder dinner in what was called the "Passover Massacre." Hamas claimed responsibility. |
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David Anichovitch | 70 | Netanya | Born in Poland, fought in World War II. Immigrated to Israel from Russia in the 1950s, where he met and married Frieda, born in Czechoslovakia. Moved to Netanya after retirement. |
March 27, 2002 Killed in the Passover bombing in the Park Hotel in Netanya. |
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Avraham Beckerman | 25 | Ashdod | Sergeant Major, who served at the Tel-Nof Air Force base in the helicopter squadron as a flight mechanic. Was also a diving instructor. |
March 27, 2002 Killed in the Passover bombing in the Park Hotel in Netanya. |
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Shimon Ben-Aroya | 42 | Netanya | Worked over 20 years for the municipality of Netanya, mostly in the Sanitation Department.His boss described him as "industrious, intelligent, very special." |
March 27, 2002 Killed in a suicide bombing during Passover in the Park Hotel in Netanya. |
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