Victims of the March 4th bombing in Tel Aviv:

Hadas Dror, age 15, from Tel Monde.

Bat-Chen Sachak, 15, from Tel Monde.

Dana Gutterman, 14, from Mishmeret.

Leah Mizrachi, age 61, from Tel-Aviv.

Dan Tiverski, age 58, from Tel-Aviv.

Kobi Zaharon, age 13, from Tel-Aviv.

Anbar Atiya, age 22, from Ramat Affel.

Yuvav Levy, age 12, from Tel-Aviv.

Tali Gordon, age 25, from Givatayim.

Silber Bernstein, age 74, from Hod HaSharon.

Gayle Sharon-Belkin, age 48, from Herzliya.

Assaf Vachs, age 81, from Tel-Aviv.

(Note that there were over 140 people injured in this attack, many seriously. More than half of the injured are still in the hospital.)

Victims of the March 3rd bus bombing in Jerusalem:

Uzi Cohen, age 41 - He was a Border Policeman. He leaves behind his wife and four children. His brother, a Police Department bomb expert, identified the remains at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute.

Stevens Daavi, Age 23 - She came to Israel from Ethiopia approximately three years ago. She lived alone in Jerusalem.

Raiya Davshvilli, age 55 - She came to Israel approximately two years ago. She lived in the Katamon section of Jerusalem with her daughter and son-in-law. She was on the fatal number 18 bus last Sunday as well. She escaped death after realizing she had forgotten her keys. She got off the bus to return home and missed the blast.

Georgian Yunan, age 39 - He lived in the Old city of Jerusalem. He regularly visited the Protestant Church, of which he was a member, on Sundays.

Angel Siriiani, age 45 - Se lived in Beit J'ala. She worked as a nurse. She leaves behind two sons, two daughters, and three grandchildren.. Her youngest daughter was scheduled to be married in two months. The wedding has ben postponed. She will be laid to rest today in Beit Lechem (Bethlehem).

Sgt. Yoni Levy, age 21 - Both Benny Levi and his son Yoni boarded the number 18 bus yesterday. Mr. Levy got off in the German Colony, not realizing he would not see his son any more. Yoni was the youngest of six children. He was a graduate of the Beit Chinuch School. (Four victims of the last week's terrorism were graduates of Beit Chinuch). He was scheduled to complete his IDF service in two months.

Naomi Zargari, age 66 - She was known in the Patt section of Jerusalem as the "Grandmother of the neighborhood". She spent most of her time with her grandchildren. She leaves behind her husband, two sons, one daughter, and four grandchildren.

Maiya Birkan, age 59 - She was a new immigrant from the former USSR. She lived in Jerusalem's Katamon section. Last Sunday, (Feb. 25th), she missed the number 18 bus that exploded near the Central Bus Station. Yesterday, she boarded the bus to get to work. She worked taking care of an elderly woman in the Bayit Vegan section of Jerusalem. She lives behind a husband, and two children. She will be laid to rest today in Jerusalem.

Sgt. Chaim Amedi, age 19 - He served in the IDF Tank Corps. He overslept and missed the bus he was planning to take. Last week, when the bus blew up, he called his mother 15 minutes later to tell her that he was okay. He was to celebrate his 19th birthday in 6 weeks. He enlisted in the IDF three months ago.

Anna Sangoloff, age 36 - She lived in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood. She was the only daughter to parents who survived the holocaust. She moved to Israel, from the former USSR, 5 years ago. She was employed by the Ramada Hotel. She leaves behind her husband and two daughters, two years and 10 months.

Gavriel Shamshilshvilli, age 42 - Just one week ago, the family buried Simon Brikashvilli, the aunt of Gavriel's wife. Now, seven days later, tragedy hits the same family again. Yesterday, they got up from their Shiva, the seven-day mourning period, to receive the tragic news.

Shem-Tov Shiyak, age 63 - Shem-Tov and his wife Sarah decided to buy burial plots last month. Now, less than four weeks later, Shem-Tov is laid to rest. Among the papers found by the burial society in the wreckage of the bus, was a receipt for NIS 16,000 for burial plots in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul Cemetery. The plots were in Bloc 1, Section 16. He leaves behind his wife, 4 daughters and 8 grandchildren. (Yediot Achronot Newspaper..3/4)

Valerie Kartzien - No information available at this time. (Ma'ariv Newspaper. .3/4 ..Front Page)

Five of the victims were Romanian workers living in Israel. They were: Domitro Kukarosko, Marian Grafan, Meritzia J'afa, Daniel Petkkana, Dominik Lunka. (Yediot Achronot Newspaper..3/4)

Note- Name spelling and details vary with the different major newspapers. We have quoted the source for all names listed. According to Professor Avi Rifkin, Head of the Hadassah Hospital Trauma Unit, all of the injured victims remain in serious to very critical condition. One showed signs of slight improvement.

One victim is listed in moderate to serious condition in Shaare Tzedek Medical Center. (Galei Tzahal/Army Radio..3/4).


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