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Victims of Terror Attack Named

October 24, 1994
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Israeli officials have identified the 22 people killed in the Oct. 19 terrorist bombing of a bus in the heart of Tel Aviv.

They are Anat Rosen, 20, of Ra’anana; Ela Volkov, 21, of Safed; Ayelet Langer-Alkobi, of Kibbutz Yiron; Renye Yurist, a 23-year-old student from Holland.

Also Tamar Carlibach-Sapri, 24, of Masuot Yitzhak; Pua Yadger, 56, of Givatayim; Tsipora Ariel, 64, of Tel Aviv; Ofra Ben-Naim, 33, of Lod; Shira Meroz-Kot. 20, of Kibbutz Beit Hashita; Galit Rosen, 23, of Holon; Miriam Adaf, 44, of Sderot.

Also Habib Tishbi, 59, of Tel Aviv; Moshe Gerdinger, 83, of Tel Aviv; Dalia Ashkenazi, 62, of Tel Aviv; Paula Rappaport, 74, of Tel Aviv; Pierre Atlas, 59, of Kiryat Ono; Esther Sharon, 21, of Lod; David Lida, 74, of Tel Aviv; Alexandra Saperstein of Bat Yam; and Salah Ovadia, 52, of Holon, who was the driver of the bus.

The name of one other person among the 22 killed was not released for publication, at the request of the family.

Police forensic experts believe the remains of a 23rd body belonged to the attacker.

Sixteen of the 42 people wounded in the attack remained hospitalized, three of them in serious condition. Kochava Biton, 61, of Tel Aviv, died as a result of her injuries Sunday.

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