Tali Eliyahu

Mar 9, 2002 - Tali Eliyahu, 26, of Jerusalem was one of 11 people killed when a suicide bomber exploded at 22:30 PM 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. Tali Eliyahu was one of 11 people killed and 54 injured in the explosion.

Tali grew up in a very religious family, the youngest of ten brothers and sisters. Although she later decided to leave the religious way of life, she remained very close with her family. After a year of studying pre-school education, she enrolled in the Hebrew University, majoring in Middle East studies.

On Saturday Tali began her first day as a waitress at Cafe Moment. She was supposed to work for just two hours. She was killed that same night.

Tali Eliyahu was buried in the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem. She is survived by her parents, Shlomo and Evelyn, brothers and sisters.