The following are the names, ages and residences of those who were slaughtered by three Arab terrorists on May 15 in Maalot:
Aviva Sada, 15, Moshav Elifelet; Yonah Sabag, 15, Tzvia Mor-Yosef, 15, Shoshana Cohen, 17, Yocheved Mazoz, 15, Tamar Dahan, 16, Rachel Afuta, 16, Ilana Neeman, 17, Yehudit Madar, 16, Yaacov Kabala, 17, Yaacob Levy, 17, Rina Cohen, 15, Sarah Ben-Shimon, 15, Sarah Madar, 15, Sarah Cohen, 15, Malka Amrusi (age not available), Yaffa Cohen (age not available), and Sarah Sofer, 15, all of Safad.
Nili Morad, 16, and Michael Sitruch, 17, both of Hatzor, and Ilana Turgman, no age and residence given. In addition were the three members of the Cohen family in Maalot, Yaakov, 50, For-tuna, 40, and Elie, 4. Private First Class Zerach Salvian, 21, of Maalot, was killed by the terrorists’ sniping during the time the children were held as hostages in the school.
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