The names of 18 victims of yesterday\'s Gilo bus bombing have been released. Several were buried last night, and the funerals of others were held throughout today. Almost all the victims lived in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. The victims:
* Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, 70 - a chiropractor, he was on his way to Bnei Brak, where he was due to work free of charge with a group of children with Down Syndrome, and other needy cases, just as he did every Tuesday - \"my day of chessed (kindnesses),\" he called it. He immigrated to Israel with his family from the U.S. 24 years ago, and was considered the founder of a synagogue in Gilo. Survived by his wife, son, daughter, and 12 grandchildren.
* Galila Bugala, 11. The youngest victim, she told her friends and family that she was afraid of a terrorist attack on the bus. Her parents, members of the Christian Ethiopian community, had been planning to emigrate to the U.S. next month.
* Orit Heila, 21, of Ashkelon. Immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia.
* Shiri Nagari, 22. Survived by parents, two brothers, and two sisters
* Liat Yagen, 24 Her brother Yoni, a high school student, was wounded in the attack.
* Rafael Berger, 28 Was married 18 months ago to Orit. His mother said, \"He was interested in very many things. He grew up in a secular but traditional home, and arrived on his own to many truths and to religion.\"
* Boaz Alouf, 54. Survived by wife and five children, including one who became Bar Mitzvah only a month ago. Said to have engaged in Torah study at every free moment.
* Leah Baruch, 59. Worked in President\'s House for 22 years. Survived by two daughters. President Katzav delivered a eulogy at her funeral.
* Mendel Berzon, 72 \"A true Zionist and a true leftist,\" his son said, \"who said that Israel was the only State the Jews had and believed until his dying day in peace with the Palestinians.\"
* Rachamim Tzidkiyahu, 51, the bus driver.
* Tatiana Breslavsky, 41 Survived by husband and 15-year old son. The family immigrated to Israel from Tashkent 11 years ago.
* Helena Ivan, 63. She lived with pediatrician Dr. Irina Minei and her son Yon in Gilo. Yon Minei said Helena had no relatives, and that she began to work for his family about 35 years ago after she rescued him and his sister from an earthquake in Bucharest when he was eight. Helena came to Israel with the Minei family 20 years ago. \"She tied her fate to ours,\" said Yon. \"She was like a second mother to me.\"
* Eiman Jazi Kabha, from the Arab village of Barta, near Um el Fahm, a student in David Yellin College who was renting an apartment in Beit Tzafafa.
* Shani Avi-Tzedek, 15
* Michal Bizai, 16
* Baruch Gruani, 54
* Gila Nakav, 55
* Raisa Dickstein, 67.
* Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, 70 - a chiropractor, he was on his way to Bnei Brak, where he was due to work free of charge with a group of children with Down Syndrome, and other needy cases, just as he did every Tuesday - \"my day of chessed (kindnesses),\" he called it. He immigrated to Israel with his family from the U.S. 24 years ago, and was considered the founder of a synagogue in Gilo. Survived by his wife, son, daughter, and 12 grandchildren.
* Galila Bugala, 11. The youngest victim, she told her friends and family that she was afraid of a terrorist attack on the bus. Her parents, members of the Christian Ethiopian community, had been planning to emigrate to the U.S. next month.
* Orit Heila, 21, of Ashkelon. Immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia.
* Shiri Nagari, 22. Survived by parents, two brothers, and two sisters
* Liat Yagen, 24 Her brother Yoni, a high school student, was wounded in the attack.
* Rafael Berger, 28 Was married 18 months ago to Orit. His mother said, \"He was interested in very many things. He grew up in a secular but traditional home, and arrived on his own to many truths and to religion.\"
* Boaz Alouf, 54. Survived by wife and five children, including one who became Bar Mitzvah only a month ago. Said to have engaged in Torah study at every free moment.
* Leah Baruch, 59. Worked in President\'s House for 22 years. Survived by two daughters. President Katzav delivered a eulogy at her funeral.
* Mendel Berzon, 72 \"A true Zionist and a true leftist,\" his son said, \"who said that Israel was the only State the Jews had and believed until his dying day in peace with the Palestinians.\"
* Rachamim Tzidkiyahu, 51, the bus driver.
* Tatiana Breslavsky, 41 Survived by husband and 15-year old son. The family immigrated to Israel from Tashkent 11 years ago.
* Helena Ivan, 63. She lived with pediatrician Dr. Irina Minei and her son Yon in Gilo. Yon Minei said Helena had no relatives, and that she began to work for his family about 35 years ago after she rescued him and his sister from an earthquake in Bucharest when he was eight. Helena came to Israel with the Minei family 20 years ago. \"She tied her fate to ours,\" said Yon. \"She was like a second mother to me.\"
* Eiman Jazi Kabha, from the Arab village of Barta, near Um el Fahm, a student in David Yellin College who was renting an apartment in Beit Tzafafa.
* Shani Avi-Tzedek, 15
* Michal Bizai, 16
* Baruch Gruani, 54
* Gila Nakav, 55
* Raisa Dickstein, 67.