A group of musicians and clowns this week joined soldiers and police officers stationed along the No. 18 bus route in Jerusalem in an effort to reassure residents shaken by two recent terror attacks on the line.
“Our role is to lift morale,” Gustavo, one of the musicians, reportedly said, adding, “This music is our weapon” against terror.
Musicians strummed guitars and sang for passengers Thursday on driver Avi Hefetz’s bus.
Those onboard joined in the singing and clapped along.
Hefetz, who plans to retire in two weeks after driving a bus for 27 years, attributed the almost empty bus to anxiety from the attacks and to the stormy weather outside.
On Sunday, a suicide bomber blew apart a bus on the route, killing 18 other people. Almost exactly a week earlier, another No. 18 bus exploded, killing the suicide bomber and 26 others.
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