Smadar Firstater

Smadar Firstater, 16, of Haifa, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus on Moriah Boulevard in the Carmel section of Haifa.

The bus was traveling on the city's main Moriah Boulevard near the Carmel Center, on the way to Haifa University, when the blast turned the bus into a charred wreck and scattered bodies along the road. The suicide bomber, who had boarded the bus, had the bomb strapped to his body, laden with metal shrapnel in order to maximize the number of injuries. A total of 15 people were killed and 55 injured.

Smadar Firstater, an 11th grade student majoring in art at the WIZO High School, planned to continue her studies and become an artist. She was standing at the back door of the bus, about to get off, when she was killed. Her parents heard the blast from their home nearby.

Smadar Firstater was buried in Haifa. She is survived by her parents, Benny and Esther, and an older brother in the army.