Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Nir Danieli

Apr 10, 2002 - Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Nir Danieli, 24, of Kiryat Ata was one of eight people killed in a suicide bombing on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which exploded near Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa.

The express route bus had left the new Haifa Bay bus station at 7:00 AM. The suicide bomber, from the Jenin refugee camp, boarded the bus wearing IDF fatigues and carrying an army conscript bag in order to avoid drawing attention. Just after passing the Yagur junction, he detonated his explosives belt, killing 8 and wounding 22.

Nir Danieli was returning by bus with Shlomi Ben Haim and Ze'ev Hanik to their reserve service in Bethlehem yesterday, when they were killed in the explosion.

Nir was the oldest son of four children. A yeshiva graduate, he was a student at the Technion, majoring in electrical engineering. "He was characterized by a tremendous determination to succeed and excel at everything he tried, and to invest his efforts until he did," said his brother Tomer, 22.

Nir had served in the army in the Golani Brigade. As a reservist, he was the company commander's communications officer in an infantry unit.

Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Nir Danieli was buried in the military cemetery in Kiryat Ata. He is survived by his parents, Uri and Anat, and three brothers - Tomer, Ariel, and Oded.