The names of the 15 victims killed in Tuesday’s suicide bombings in Israel were released. An American-born doctor, David Appelbaum, 50, and his daughter, Nava, 20, were among those killed in the bombing at a Jerusalem cafe. Also killed in that attack were David Abistrice, 51, of Mevasseret Zion; Alon Mizrahi, 22, of Jerusalem; Gila Moshe, 40, of Jerusalem; Yehiel Emil Tubol, 52, of Jerusalem; and Shafik Karim, 27, from Beit Hanninah. In the attack at a bus stop near an army base in central Israel, the victims were Senior Warrant Officer Haim Alfasi, 39, of Haifa; Chief Warrant Officer Yaakov Ben-Shabbat, 39, of Pardess Hanna; Cpl. Mazi Grego, 19, of Holon; Capt. Yael Kfir, 21, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Felix Nikolaichuk, 20, of Bat Yam; Sgt. Efrat Schwartzman, 19, of Ganei Yehuda; Sgt. Yonatan Peleg, 21, of Moshav Yanuv; and Cpl. Prosper Twito, 20, of Upper Nazareth.
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