Entire families were decimated in yesterday’s devastating terrorist massacre
in Haifa, with the bloodshed spanning three generations in two different
families. Among the 19 victims were five members of each of two different families,
three husband-and-wife pairs, three children, a baby, and four Christian
Arabs.

Five members of the Zer-Aviv family of Kibbutz Yagur, southeast of Haifa,
were murdered:

Bruriah, 59;
her son Betzalel, 30, and his wife Keren, 29;
and their children Liran, 4, and Noyah, 14 months.
They will be buried on Tuesday afternoon.

Five members of the Almog family of Haifa were murdered:

Ze’ev, 71, former head of the Naval Officers Academy in Acre, and his wife
Ruth, 70;
their son Moshe, 43,
Moshe’s son Tomer, 9;
and Assaf Shteier, 10, son of Ze’ev and Ruth’s daughter Galit.
Ze’ev Almog was a heroic figure in the Israel Navy, a member of the
delegation that accompanied the first submarines to Israel, and commander of the
Livyatan submarine – a twin sister to the famous Dakar that sank on its way to
Israel in 1968. His nephew is Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog, who served until recently as
IDF Commander of the Southern Region.

Mark Biano, 29, and his wife Naomi, 25, of Haifa. The couple had no children.
Nir Regev, 25, of Nahariya, son of the current Naval Officers Academy head,
Lt.-Col. (res.) Eli Regev.
Tzvi Bahat, 35, of Haifa.
Irena Sofrin, 38, Kiryat Bialik. Her husband and two children were wounded.

Four Christian Arabs:

Usama Najar, 27, and Matanes Karkabi, 29, of Wadi Nisnas in Haifa;
Hana Naim Francis, 39, and his cousin Sharbal Matar, 23, of Fasuta in the
Galilee.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 7th, 2003 and is filed under hotnews.