Amatzia Nisanevitch

August 28, 2003 - Amatzia Nisanevitch, 22, of Nofim, died on August 28 of wounds suffered in the suicide bombing near Ariel on August 12. Erez Hershkovitz, 18, of Eilon Moreh, was killed outright at a bus stop outside Ariel when a teenaged Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself. Nisanevitch was one of three others seriously wounded in the attack, which was claimed by Hamas.

Nisanevitch had completed military service and was about to begin studying mathematics and computer science at the College of Judea and Samaria in Ariel, where both his parents teach. He was described by friends as "crazy about computers."

Amatzia Nisanevitch was buried at Barkan in Samaria. He is survived by his parents and four siblings.