Cpl Yasmin Karisi

Feb 14, 2001 -Cpl. Yasmin Karisi, 18, of Ashkelon, was one of 8 Israelis killed when a Palestinian crashed a bus into a crowded bus stop at Azor junction, south of Tel Aviv. It was the deadliest Palestinian attack on Israelis in four years.

Corporal Yasmin Karisi, an officer cadet with long locks of brownish curly hair, was described by her friends as "perfect in all respects, smart, and ambitious."

Yasmin dreamed of becoming an officer. The first-born, she was the pride of her family. Her friends had already heard that she was among the dead, even before the representatives of the Israel Defense Forces knocked on her parents' door in Ashkelon. Her boyfriend, Maor Korem, collapsed upon hearing the bitter news.

"I have nothing left to live for," cried her father, who said that he was constantly afraid for his daughter.

Yasmin is survived by her parents, a sister, 16, and a brother, six years old. She was buried in Ashkelon.