Pnina Hikri

May 7, 2002 - Pnina Hikri, 60, of Tel-Aviv was one of 15 people killed when a suicide bomber detonated a powerful charge in a game club located on the 3rd floor of a building in Rishon Lezion, causing part of the building to collapse. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

At about 11:00 PM, the terrorist entered the unlicensed Sheffield Club with a suitcase of explosives, spiked with shrapnels and nails to cause maximum injury. The patrons were trying their luck at slot machines, card games or snooker. 15 were killed, and 55 wounded in the blast.

Pnina Hikri was a housewife who raised four children in the Kfar Shalem neighborhood in southern Tel-Aviv. "Mom and Dad liked to go out and enjoy themselves," said Assaf, her son. They went together to the Sheffield Club. Pnina was killed in the blast. Her husband, Eliahu, was unharmed.

Pnina Hikri was buried in the Yarkon cemetery in Tel-Aviv. She is survived by her husband Eliahu, two sons, two daughters, and 9 grandchildren.