The six victims of last night\'s cruel Bat Mitzvah terrorist attack in Hadera are:
* Boris Milichov, 56, S\'derot, a relative of the Bat Mitzvah girl and a father of three;
* Aharon Ben Yisrael-Alise, 32, of Ra\'anana. The first member of Dimona\'s Black Hebrew community to be born in Israel, his band supplied the music for last night\'s event. He is survived by his wife, child, and five stepchildren.
* Avi Yazdi, 25, of Hadera; he was the hall\'s guard, shot first by the terrorist.
* Anatoli Bakshayev, 63, and Edward Bakshayev, 48, both from Or Akiva;
* Dina Benayev, 48, Ashkelon.
The latter four were buried today. Boris Milichov will be buried on Sunday, and funeral arrangements for Aharon Ben Yisrael-Elise have not yet been set.
The attack began when a lone terrorist entered the Armon David Wedding Hall on a main Hadera street towards the end of the Bat Mitzvah celebration (a Jewish milestone marking the girl\'s accepting legal responsibility for her actions) for 12-year-old Nina Kardashov. Armed with an M-16 automatic rifle, at least one grenade, and possibly a pack of explosives, he shot the guard at the entrance and burst into the building, shooting in all directions. He murdered six people; 30 were wounded by the gunshots and/or went into shock.
When the killer ran out of bullets, he attempted to insert another magazine into his rifle, but the guests, many of them recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union, then began throwing chairs and bottles at the terrorist and forced him out towards the lobby. Police who arrived within four minutes of the beginning of the attack shot him to death. Policeman Shimon Lugasi later recounted, \"I saw [the terrorist] lying on the floor... I saw from his hand movements that he was trying to activate what looked like an explosives pack on his belt. I told everyone to move away, and then I and the other policeman and a volunteer shot him [to death].\" Arutz Sheva\'s TV News Team arrived on the scene a short while later. Click the appropriate bandwidth version to view the TV Report: 28k, 56k, or Broadband
Three of the injured are reported in very serious condition, and nine others also remain hospitalized. The Fatah organization claimed responsibility for the attack, which was carried out by a 26-year-old terrorist from the Shechem area. Coastal Plain District Police Chief Moshe Valdman said, \"We know with certainty that attacks of this nature are carried out by people who know the place and the habits of those who live here.\"
* Boris Milichov, 56, S\'derot, a relative of the Bat Mitzvah girl and a father of three;
* Aharon Ben Yisrael-Alise, 32, of Ra\'anana. The first member of Dimona\'s Black Hebrew community to be born in Israel, his band supplied the music for last night\'s event. He is survived by his wife, child, and five stepchildren.
* Avi Yazdi, 25, of Hadera; he was the hall\'s guard, shot first by the terrorist.
* Anatoli Bakshayev, 63, and Edward Bakshayev, 48, both from Or Akiva;
* Dina Benayev, 48, Ashkelon.
The latter four were buried today. Boris Milichov will be buried on Sunday, and funeral arrangements for Aharon Ben Yisrael-Elise have not yet been set.
The attack began when a lone terrorist entered the Armon David Wedding Hall on a main Hadera street towards the end of the Bat Mitzvah celebration (a Jewish milestone marking the girl\'s accepting legal responsibility for her actions) for 12-year-old Nina Kardashov. Armed with an M-16 automatic rifle, at least one grenade, and possibly a pack of explosives, he shot the guard at the entrance and burst into the building, shooting in all directions. He murdered six people; 30 were wounded by the gunshots and/or went into shock.
When the killer ran out of bullets, he attempted to insert another magazine into his rifle, but the guests, many of them recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union, then began throwing chairs and bottles at the terrorist and forced him out towards the lobby. Police who arrived within four minutes of the beginning of the attack shot him to death. Policeman Shimon Lugasi later recounted, \"I saw [the terrorist] lying on the floor... I saw from his hand movements that he was trying to activate what looked like an explosives pack on his belt. I told everyone to move away, and then I and the other policeman and a volunteer shot him [to death].\" Arutz Sheva\'s TV News Team arrived on the scene a short while later. Click the appropriate bandwidth version to view the TV Report: 28k, 56k, or Broadband
Three of the injured are reported in very serious condition, and nine others also remain hospitalized. The Fatah organization claimed responsibility for the attack, which was carried out by a 26-year-old terrorist from the Shechem area. Coastal Plain District Police Chief Moshe Valdman said, \"We know with certainty that attacks of this nature are carried out by people who know the place and the habits of those who live here.\"