Lola Levkovitch

Mar 27, 2002 - Lola Levkovitch, 70, of Jerusalem was one of 30 people killed in a suicide bombing in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover holiday seder.

On the eve of Passover, the terrorist walked into the dining room of the hotel, located in the center of Netanya, where 250 guests had just sat down to begin the seder. He detonated an explosive device, killing 22 immediately and injuring 140, eight of whom subsequently died. The bomber was identified as a member of the Hamas Iz a Din al-Kassam Brigades, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem, which is just 10 kilometers (six miles) east of Netanya. He was on the list of wanted terrorists Israel had requested be arrested.

Lola Levkovitch lived alone in the Arnona neighborhood in Jerusalem. Her daughter Elisheva, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren live in Paris. Elisheva had invited her mother to celebrate Passover with them in Paris, but Lola had promised a friend, who was alone, to spend the seder with her in the Park Hotel in Netanya. Lola was killed in the blast.

Lola Levkovitch was buried in Jerusalem.