The funerals for the 13 people killed Saturday in two separate terrorist attacks inside Israel began Sunday, with that of Danit Dagan, a victim of the suicide bombing in a crowded Jerusalem cafe that killed 11 people.
The funeral procession for Danit, 25, from Tel Aviv, began at midday in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood of Tel Aviv. She was laid to rest in Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem.
Eleven people were killed and 52 wounded by a suicide bombing in a crowded cafe in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. Earlier in the evening, two people were killed and some 50 were injured when two gunmen, who were shot dead by border policemen, fired at cars and pedestrians in the coastal city of Netanya.
The victims of the Jerusalem attack have been named as:
Limor Ben-Shoham, 27, of Jerusalem, was laid to rest at 2 P.M., in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Orit Ozerov, 28, from Jerusalem, was buried at 3 P.M., in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Rehamim Avraham, 29, from Jerusalem, was buried at 1 P.M. in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Tali Eliyahu, 26, from Jerusalem, was laid to rest at 1:30 P.M. in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Dan Imoni, 23, from Jerusalem, was buried at 4 P.M. in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Danit Dagan, 25, from Tel Aviv, was laid to rest at midday in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Uri Felix, 25, from Givat Ze'ev, was buried at 2 P.M. in Givat Shaul Jerusalem.
Baruch Lerner, 29, from Eli, was laid to rest at 3:30 P.M. in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Nir Borochov, 22, from Givat Ze'ev, was buried at 1 P.M, in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
Natanel Kochavi, 31, from Kiryat Ata, was buried at 3 P.M in Kiryat Ata.
Livnat Dvash, 28, from Jerusalem, was buried at 3 P.M. in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem.
The bombing took place on the corner of Azza and Balfour streets, at the entrance to the popular Moment cafe. Both the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militia linked to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, and the military wing of Hamas, Iz a Din al-Kassam, claimed responsibility for the attack.
According to Magen David Adom emergency workers, 52 people were wounded in the attack, nine of them seriously and nine moderately. The wounded were taken to Shaare Zedek Hospital, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, and Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus. The attack took place approximately 100 meters (yards) from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's official residence. Sharon was not there at the time.
Jerusalem Police Chief Mickey Levy said that the 22-year-old suicide bomber was not a Jerusalem resident. Levy said that police officers searched the area for additional explosive devices, and none were found. Police also launched a search for an individual suspected of driving the suicide bomber to the site of the attack.
Of those wounded in the attack, 26 were still in hospital Sunday morning, Army Radio reported. Five people are in serious condition, ten in moderate condition and the rest are suffering from light wounds, the radio said.
Yisrael Yahiya, 27, from Bnei Brak and 9-month-old Avia Malka, who was visiting Israel from South Africa, were killed in the Netanya shooting attack. Avia was declared clinically dead at about 10 P.M. and despite being revived by staff at Laniado Hospital, she died two hours later.
Yisrael Yahiya was laid to rest at 1 P.M. in Yarkon cemetery. Avia Malka was buried at 12 P.M., also at Yarkon cemetery.
The attack took place at around 8:30 P.M. when two gunmen, armed with rifles and grenades, began firing at passers-by between the Jeremy and Margoa hotels on Gad Machnes street, in the western part of the city, close to the city's boardwalk and hotels. The attack took place at the end of Shabbat, a time when that area is usually crowded.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militia linked to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Israeli civilian who was killed in the attack may have been shot to death when Border Policemen fired at the gunmen who carried out the attack.
The Border Policemen identified the gunmen after a search and opened fire on them, killing two or three people. Only after 11:00 P.M. was it established that one of the men killed was an Israeli. It is not yet clear whether the Yahiya was killed by the police or by the gunmen, or whether he had been taken hostage by the gunmen.
The gunman arrived at Netanya in a stolen Pontiac with Israeli license plates. Police located the car in the parking lot of the Jeremy hotel, and searched it for explosives.
The wounded were taken to Laniado Hospital in Netanya, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, and Meir Hospital in Kfar Sava. Of those injured in Netanya, 29 were still in hospital Sunday morning
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