The goal is that the Chanichim will feel part of Am-Yisrael and will understand how big the lost is and how we can help the situation.

Avraham Gavish

March 28, 2002 - Mar 28, 2002 - Avraham Gavish, 25, of Kedumim, was one of four members of the Gavish family killed in Elon Moreh, when a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the hilltop community near Nablus, burst into their home, and shot them shortly before 9 P.M. Avraham Gavish was visting his family in Elon Moreh during the Passover holiday. He was killed along with his parents Rachel and David Gavish, and his grandfather Yitzhak Kanner.

When the terrorist infiltrated the Gavish home, 2-year-old Darya Gavish broke into tears. Her mother, Na'ama, tried desperately to quiet her and hide her. The terrorist approached the kitchen where the two were hiding. Na'ama put her fingers on the child's lips, and ducked under the table. Their lives were spared. Avraham had called out to throw his weapon from the top floor and as he caught it, the terrorist shot and killed him.

The terrorist continued to shoot from one of the rooms while neighbors and security forces returned fire. Others placed a ladder to allow family members on the top story to escape. The terrorist remained closed up in one of the top-story rooms, until he was shot and killed by security forces.

Avraham Gavish had served as an officer in the elite IDF General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, and had begun studying at Bar-Ilan University. He lived in Kedumim with his wife Na'ama, whom he married three years ago. Na'ama eulogized her husband and promised to take care of their two-year-old daughter Daria, and the baby she is carrying.

"During our navigation training in the Samarian hills, Avraham knew and recognized every hilltop. He walked without a map, and ran on the hilltops as if he got renewed strength. Only then did I realize how much he was attached to these hills," said an army comrade.

Avraham Gavish was buried in Elon Moreh alongside his parents and grandfather. He is survived by his wife Na'ama, his daughter Darya, four brothers and two sisters: Menashe (23), Yeshurun (2), Avigdor, (19), Tzofia (18), Leah (17), and Assaf (14).

Ran Koren


March 31, 2002 - Mar 31, 2002 - Ran Koren, 18, of Haifa was one of 14 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in the Matza restaurant of the gas station near the Grand Canyon shopping mall. Just after 2:30 PM on Sunday afternoon, during the Passover holiday, the terrorist entered the popular Matza restaurant in the Neve Sha'anan district near the Grand Canyon mall. The explosion tore the roof off the one-story building, and blew out the windows, instantly killing 14 people, and leaving horrific scenes of people on fire, and people with lost limbs. Over 40 people were injured.

Ran Koren was having lunch at the Matza restaurant with his father, Shimon, and younger brother, Gal. His mother Rachel was supposed to join them, but at the last minute backed out of the date. A few minutes before the explosion, Shimon called to ask if she wanted him to bring home some take-away. Ran was killed along with his father and brother.

Ran was a 12th grader at the Reali school, considered Haifa's best. He is described by his friends as always having a smile on his face. He loved sports and was always riding his skateboard.

Ran Koren was buried in Haifa alongside his father Shimon and brother Gal. He is survived by his mother Rachel

Tzipi Shemesh

March 21, 2002 - Mar 21, 2002 - Tzipi Shemesh, 29, of Jerusalem was one of three people killed and 86 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb, packed with metal spikes and nails, in the center of a crowd of shoppers on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem. On Thursday afternoon, Tzipi, in her fifth month of pregnancy, went with her husband Gadi for an ultrasound exam. On leaving the medical clinic, they passed next to the terrorist who blew himself up. Tzipi was killed instantly; Gadi died shortly afterwards in hospital.

Tzipi and Gadi met eight years ago through a common friend. They were married in Jerusalem. About three months ago they moved to the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood. According to relatives, they had a lot of plans for the future, they loved each other and their two daughters.

Tzipi was an accountant at Akademon bookstore at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Tzipi Shemesh was buried in the Mount Herzl military cemetery, alongside her husband Gadi. They left behind their two daughters - Shoval (7) and Shahar (3).

Avia Malka

March 9, 2002 - Mar 9, 2002 - Avia Malka, 9 months, of South Africa was killed 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. At about 8:30 P.M. two Palestinians tossed grenades and sprayed gunfire on guests in the Jeremy Hotel as they were leaving after a traditional "Shabbat hatan" celebration, held on the Sabbath before a wedding. The gunmen then fled, but were chased down and killed by border policemen. A Magen David Adom volunteer medic was also killed in the attack, and over 50 people were wounded.

Avia Malka, just nine months old, lived with her parents in South Africa. They had arrived in Israel just a week before to visit Avia's grandparents, who lived in Hashmonaim. The family spent Shabbat at a hotel in Netanya. Avia was fatally injured in the terrorist attack and died in hospital.

Avia Malka was buried in the Yarkon cemetery. She is survived by her parents.

Arik Krogliak

March 7, 2002 - Mar 7, 2002 - Arik Krogliak, 18, of Beit El was one of five youths killed when a Palestinian gunman penetrated the pre-military training academy in the Gush Katif settlement of Atzmona. Hamas terrorists entered the southern Gush Katif community, opening fire and throwing hand grenades at the school and nearby houses, killing five and injuring 23.

Arik Mordechai Krogliak, the middle child in a family of five from the community of Beit El in Samaria, attended the prestigious academy in Atzmona, a highschool that combines religious studies and military training.

Arik had served as a Magen David Adom volunteer for three years, and had helped treat the wounded in the suicide bombing in Jerusalem carried out by female terrorist on January 27. According to friends he had an unforgettable smile. "Nothing ever made him mad," said a close friend. "He was good to everyone. He was an angel."

Arik Krogliak was buried in Beit El. He is survived by his parents, Ya'acov and Marina Krugliak, and four siblings

Shiraz Nehmad

March 2, 2002 - Mar 2, 2002 - Shiraz Nehmad, 7, and her sister Liran, 3, of Rishon Lezion were two of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. The Nehmad family had come to Jerusalem for Shabbat to celebrate a family bar mitzvah at the Mahane Israel yeshiva in Jerusalem. When the Sabbath ended and guests started to leave, the Nehmad family gathered on the street outside for the havdalah ceremony (held at the conclusion of the Sabbath).

Shiraz and Liran were killed together with their parents, Shlomo and Gafnit. Also killed in the suicide bombing were Shlomo's nephew Shaul Nehmad, and two of his sister's children - Lidor and Oriah Ilan.

The Nehmad family was buried side by side in Rishon Lezion

Keren Shatsky

February 16, 2002 - Feb 16, 2002 - Keren Shatsky, 15, of Ginot Shomron was one of two teengagers killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Saturday night at a pizzeria in the shopping mall in Karnei Shomron in Samaria On Saturday night Keren went to the local Yuvalim Mall in Karnei Shomron to meet friends, eat pizza, and talk. Since its opening six months ago, the mall has become a popular meeting place for local youth. She was killed in the blast.

Keren was the youngest daughter of Chava and Shabtai Shatsky, who immigrated to Israel from the US in 1984 and moved to Ginot Shomron in 1986. Keren attended the Lehava Ulpana in Kedumim, and had gone to the mall with friends.

Keren was a student at the Ulpana Lahava in Kedumim, where her mother is chairman of English studies. Teachers at the school described Shatsky as a polite, intelligent, and happy girl, she said. "She was one of the nicest people I ever met," said Noa Roitman, a classmate. "She was friendly with everyone and always smiled." Roitman had studied with Shatsky since first grade. "All the pictures I conjure up in my mind of Keren are of her smiling," she said.

Rachel Ben-David, a teacher at the school and a family friend who lives in the same neighborhood, home to 100 families originally from the US and Canada, said Shabtai Shatsky was to have travelled to the US on Saturday night to visit his father, who is ill. "Instead his parents will arrive for the funeral," she said.

Keren Shatsky will be buried in Karnei Shomron. She is survived by her parents, three sisters and two brothers.

Leah Strick

December 2, 2001 - Dec 2, 2001 - Leah Strick, 73, of Haifa, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing on an Egged bus No. 16 in Haifa The bombing occurred shortly after noon, when a Hamas suicide bomber boarded an Egged No. 16 bus traveling from the Neveh Sha'anan district, paid the driver with a large bill, then blew himself up as the driver asked him to collect his change.

Leah Strick was one of five sisters who survived the Holocaust in the Bialystok ghetto and concentration camps in Poland and came to live in Israel 50 years ago. During the past two years, she was living together with her sister Bella Fuchs, 76, in an apartment on