A grandmother from Ramat Gan was killed this morning in a suicide-bomber terrorist attack - but it could have been many times worse.
Shortly before 8 AM near Ramat Gan, a crowded Dan Company #87 bus stopped to pick up passengers on the Geha Highway opposite Bar-Ilan University, when an Arab passenger trying to board through the back door slipped and fell outside. As the bus began to pull away, several passengers yelled to the driver that someone had fallen. He stopped the bus and, together with another man, went to attend to the fallen would-be passenger - but they soon saw that he was aiming to be more than just another rider. The two caught a glimpse of wires wrapped around the Arab’s body, and realized that he was a suicide terrorist wearing an explosives belt.
They quickly grabbed the murderer's arms to prevent him from detonating the device, and yelled to the passengers to get off the bus. When the bus was cleared of people, the two men could no longer hold onto the terrorist and started running. Seconds later, the bomber got up, ran about 30 meters towards a group of people and detonated his explosives - killing Saadah Aharon, 71, of Ramat Gan, and lightly wounding 11 others. They were transported to nearby hospitals, where nine of them still remain.
Mrs. Aharon left three children and 15 grandchildren. "She was the ultimate in vitality, the ultimate in giving, the ultimate in warmth," one relative said. "A real woman of valor, whose grandchildren loved her very much..." She will be buried this evening in Rosh Ha'Ayin.
Based on the distance the murderer's organs flew as a result of the blast, police say that the powerful explosive, which contained metal balls, would have been catastrophic had it been detonated on board the bus.
After the rescue work had been completed, several dozen people arrived on the scene carrying signs that read, "Revenge and Death Sentences for Terrorists." Police finally came and removed them from the highway.
Shortly before 8 AM near Ramat Gan, a crowded Dan Company #87 bus stopped to pick up passengers on the Geha Highway opposite Bar-Ilan University, when an Arab passenger trying to board through the back door slipped and fell outside. As the bus began to pull away, several passengers yelled to the driver that someone had fallen. He stopped the bus and, together with another man, went to attend to the fallen would-be passenger - but they soon saw that he was aiming to be more than just another rider. The two caught a glimpse of wires wrapped around the Arab’s body, and realized that he was a suicide terrorist wearing an explosives belt.
They quickly grabbed the murderer's arms to prevent him from detonating the device, and yelled to the passengers to get off the bus. When the bus was cleared of people, the two men could no longer hold onto the terrorist and started running. Seconds later, the bomber got up, ran about 30 meters towards a group of people and detonated his explosives - killing Saadah Aharon, 71, of Ramat Gan, and lightly wounding 11 others. They were transported to nearby hospitals, where nine of them still remain.
Mrs. Aharon left three children and 15 grandchildren. "She was the ultimate in vitality, the ultimate in giving, the ultimate in warmth," one relative said. "A real woman of valor, whose grandchildren loved her very much..." She will be buried this evening in Rosh Ha'Ayin.
Based on the distance the murderer's organs flew as a result of the blast, police say that the powerful explosive, which contained metal balls, would have been catastrophic had it been detonated on board the bus.
After the rescue work had been completed, several dozen people arrived on the scene carrying signs that read, "Revenge and Death Sentences for Terrorists." Police finally came and removed them from the highway.