Hannah Haimov

Jan 5, 2003 - Hannah Haimov, 53, of Tel Aviv, was one of 22 people killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv's Naveh Sha'anan neighborhood near the old central bus station.

Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack, which apparently was assisted by Islamic Jihad.

Hannah Haimov ran a stall in the old bus station that sold shoes and handbags and was at work with her 23-year-old son, Eliezer, when the first explosion tore through the site. Eliezer ran out to help with the wounded and when the second blast occurred seconds later he turned and saw his mother lying on the ground. She died in his arms.

Haimov immigrated with her family from Uzbekistan 10 years ago, after losing her oldest son in a car accident, divorcing, remarrying and losing her second husband, with whom she had two children. She came to Israel with an extended family that included her parents, five sisters, and three brothers.

Two months ago Haimov's niece, Osnat Abramov, 17, was killed in the suicide bombing of a bus near Karkur.

"She was a supernatural mother," said her daughter Haya. "Nobody had a mother like her. She left home an hour and a half before the attack. I gave her a big hug and apologized for an argument we had the day before. An hour and a half later she was killed. That was our last hug."