Noa Auerbach

Mar 17, 2002 - Noa Auerbach, 18, of Kfar Sava was killed and 16 people were injured when a terrorist opened fire on passersby in the center of Kfar Sava. The gunman was shot and killed by police.

The attack took place near the Kfar Sava police station and courthouse. The terrorist was shot and killed by policemen who ran out of their station when they heard shots and guards from the nearby court building. Most of the victims were students from the Tel Aviv High School who were on their break. Other students witnessed the shooting from the school windows.

Noa Auerbach, a social science student at the high school, had left with her friends after classes to buy falafel for lunch. She was fatally wounded in the shooting. "She was a beautiful girl and a good student, with a wonderful sense of humor," said the school principal.

Noa, the youngest of four children, turned 18 last month. Her family had worried in recent years about her brother Ido, who served in a combat Givati unit that has lost several soldiers, and was relieved that he was scheduled to complete his army service the following day. Friends commented that Noa had planned on following in her brother's footsteps and had wanted to serve as an instructor in an IDF infantry unit.

Noa Auerbach will be buried in Kfar Sava. She leaves behind her parents, Naftali and Haya, and her three older brothers - Yaniv (31), Amit (24) and Ido (21).