Funerals were held for two of the three people killed in a suicide attack at a shopping mall in northern Israel. Avi Zrihan, 36, of Beit She’an, and Hassan Ismail Tawatha, 41, of Jisr Az-Zarka, were laid to rest Tuesday in their hometowns. A security guard whose name was not yet released also was killed when a suicide bomber blew herself up Monday at the entrance to a shopping center in Afula.
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