Livnat Dvash

Mar 9, 2002 - Livnat Dvash, 28, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber exploded at 22:30 p.m. Saturday night in a crowded cafe at the corner of Aza and Ben-Maimon streets in the Rehavia neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem.

The bomber walked into the Cafe Moment, located about 100 meters from the prime minister's residence, and detonated a powerful explosive charge that completely gutted the restaurant. The cafe was teeming with dozens of people at the time of the attack. Livnat Dvash was one of 11 people killed and 54 injured in the explosion.

Before she went out, Livnat's mother asked her not to go, saying, "Don't go, there was a terror attack in Netanya and there are warnings of more terrorist attacks. Livnat said: "Don't worry, I am going to the safest place there is, across from the prime minister's residence." Livnat spent her last evening with her friends Nir Borochov and Dan Imani, who were both killed in the attack.

The Dvash family had already lost a son five years ago, when he was an accidental witness to a murder.

Livnat's father, Yossi, described her as a soul full of light, a flower. "Livnat, all these people here were supposed to be at your wedding," he said.

Livnat Dvash was buried in the Har Hamenuhot Cemetery in Jerusalem. She is survived by her parents, Yossi and Rachel, a brother, Moshe, and sister, Nedi.