Danielle Menchel

Mar 31, 2002 - Danielle Menchel, 22, of Haifa was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in the Matza restaurant of the gas station near the Grand Canyon shopping mall.

Just after 2:30 PM on Sunday afternoon, during the Passover holiday, the terrorist entered the popular Matza restaurant in the Neve Sha'anan district near the Grand Canyon mall. The explosion tore the roof off the one-story building, and blew out the windows, instantly killing 14 people, and leaving horrific scenes of people on fire, and people with lost limbs. Over 40 people were injured.

After a math class at the Ankori school, Danielle went to eat lunch at her favorite restaurant, where she would ate almost every day. She was killed in the blast.

Danielle, the eldest of four children, grew up in Rome, where her father was studying, until the age of 10. She served in the army as a teacher, and was completing her matriculation exams at the Ankori external high school in Haifa. She dreamed of studying in Rome. She lived in a rented apartment in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood and worked as a waitress.