Last update - 21:46 01/09/2004
Victims of the Be'er Sheva suicide bombings
Tamara Dibrashvilli, 70, from Or Yehuda
Tamara Dibrashvilli was on bus no. 6 on her way home from shopping with her daughter in preparation for a memorial service for her late husband Shalva, who died seven years ago.
She is survived by her four daughters, all of them married. Two weeks ago, her family threw her a surprise party to mark her 70th birthday. On Tuesday, the daughters watched a video of the party while mourning their dead mother.
Kobi, Tamara's grandson, told how he rushed to the scene of the attack to find his grandmother. Unable to find her, he went to the hospital where he and his relatives were informed of her death.
Emmanuel Yosepov, 28, from Be'er Sheva
Emmanuel Yosepov was on his way home on bus no. 12 when it exploded. A short time after he was informed of Emmanuel's death, his brother related how he had just finished his studies for a biotechnology degree at a college in the north of Israel.
The oldest of five brothers, Emmanuel had a girlfriend and the two were planning to marry in the near future.
"He loved everyone and hated no one, not even the Arabs that murdered him," said Emmanuel's brother, Miri.
"Why are they killing us," asked his mother. "Why is Arafat sending his people to murder our children?"
He was laid to rest at 4 P.M. Wednesday in Be'er Sheva.
Karine Malka, 23, from Be'er Sheva
Karine Malka was on her way to her job at the Nurit Absorption Center, where she worked with new immigrants from Ethiopia, when she was killed.
"She always said, 'I'm going to die in an attack, I just know it'," her brother said. "We tried to calm her down, but she kept repeating it."
Karin will be laid to rest Thursday. Her funeral will take place at 5 P.M. at the new cemetery in Be'er Sheva. She is survived by her parents, a brother, and a sister.
Denise Hadad, 40, from Be'er Sheva
Denise Hadad was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in the new cemetery in Be'er Sheva.
Aviel Atash, 3, from Be'er Sheva
Aviel's mother, Rachel, was seriously injured in the attack.
Aviel was laid to rest Wednesday at the old cemtery in Be'er Sheva.
Tekele Tiroyaient, 33, from Be'er Sheva
According to the head of the absorption center, Moshe Bata, the Tiroyaient family was "one of the most exemplary families we have ever had, they bought an apartment in Netanya and were meant to move in another month. Now everything has come to an end and the heart weeps."
The family has erected a mourners' tent in the absorption center, where dozens of the center's residents sat Wednesday morning.
Shoshana Amos, 64, from Be'er Sheva
Shoshana Amos was laid to rest at 4 P.M. Wednesday at Yavneh cemetery.
Tatiana Korchesko from Be'er Sheva
Tatiana Korchesko's funeral took place at 1 P.M. Wednesday at the new cemetery in Be'er Sheva.
Rosa Lehman from Be'er Sheva
Rosa Lehman was laid to rest at 5 P.M. Wednesday at the new cemetery in Be'er Sheva.
Margareta Sokolov from Be'er Sheva
Vitaly Brodsky, 52
Larisa Gomanenko, 48
Roman Sokolovsky, 51, from Be'er Sheva
Eliyahu Ozan, 58, from Be'er Sheva
