Sima Menachem

Oct 28, 2001 - Sima Menachem, 30, of Zichron Yaakov was killed when two Palestinian terrorists, members of the Palestinian police, opened fire from a vehicle on Israeli pedestrians at a crowded bus-stop in downtown Hadera.

On Sunday afternoon, Sima Menachem was waiting for the bus to return home from work in a lawyers' office in Hadera. In the center of Hadera, the terrorists spotted a crowd of people waiting at the bus stop and opened fire with automatic rifles. Lydia was one of four women killed in the attack, in which 44 others were wounded.

Sima married Asher Menachem, a policeman, four and a half years ago - for both, it was a second marriage. Sima had two daughters, aged 6 and 8, from her previous marriage, and a 2-year-old daughter with Asher.

Sima Menachem was laid to rest in Zichron Yaakov. She is survived by her husband and three daughters.