Michal Biazi

Jun 18, 2002 - Michal Biazi, 24, of Jerusalem, was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing at the Patt junction in Egged bus no. 32A traveling from Gilo to the center of Jerusalem.

The terrorist boarded the bus at 7:50 A.M. at the stop in Beit Safafa, an Arab neighborhood opposite Gilo, and almost immediately detonated the large bomb which he carried in a bag stuffed with ball bearings. The blast destroyed the front half of the bus, packed with people on their way to work and schoolchildren. Of the 19 victims, 17 were residents of the Gilo neighborhood; 74 people were injured.

Michal Biazi had not traveled by bus in years. She and her husband Barak, who were married two years ago, were in their car, on their way to work, when she remembered that she had forgotten the bag she had prepared with a change of clothes for a family celebration later in the day. Barak went back home to get the bag. Michal, who did not want to be late for work at the Ministry of Tourism, boarded the bus and was killed.

Michal Biazi was buried in Jerusalem. She is survived by her husband, her parents and six brothers and sisters.