Terror is not blind. It knows exactly where it is aiming its fire. Aviv Malka, 9 months: Shot to death On Saturday, March 9, 2002, at 10:30 in the evening, a Pontiac stopped near a hotel in Netanya. Two terrorists got out, hurled hand grenades and shot into the lobby of a hotel where wedding guests had gathered. One of the grenades killed Avia Malka, a nine-month old baby. “She was a lovely baby, smiling all the time. My husband and I couldn’t take our eyes off her. And then the grenade exploded,” recalled Avia’s grandmother.    Atara Livne, 15: Shot to death In the afternoon of March 12, 2002, two terrorists ambushed a road connecting the town of Shlomi and Kibbutz Kabri near the Lebanese border, and randomly opened fire on the passing cars. Atara Livne, 15, of Kibbutz Hanita, was sitting in one of the cars with her mother, Lynn. Both were killed on the spot. Five others were killed in the shooting rampage. Atara was on her way to visit her boyfriend, Nadav Cohen, from Kibbutz Metzuba. They had known each other since they were in the second grade, and had been good friends all those years. Three months earlier, that friendship blossomed into love. When Nadav was told that Atara had been killed, he began to scream, “No, it can’t be!”    Noa Orbach, 18: Shot near school “We were in the middle of class when we suddenly heard shots,” related a student at the Tel Aviv High School in Kfar Saba. “One of us ran to the window and shouted, ‘A terrorist!’ We all ran to the window to see what was happening and we saw a Palestinian running down the street, shooting in every direction. Our teacher yelled at us not to stand by the window and to get down. So we immediately got down, trembling with fear.” On March 17, 2002, at almost 12 o’clock in the afternoon, at the end of her studies for the day, Noa Orbach left the Tel Aviv High School in Kfar Saba, together with a few friends, and went to buy falafel for lunch. Suddenly, about 20 meters behind her, a Palestinian terrorist began running, shooting in all directions. Noa was the first one hit. He shot her in the back; she died a short time later on the way to the hospital. “Noa was a wonderful girl, with a magnificent sense of humor,” said the school principal. “A few months ago she hung a sign on my door saying ‘To get angry means to punish yourself for the stupidity of others.’ She told me, ‘Stop getting mad. Life is beautiful.’”    Yair Amar, 13, and Avraham Nahman Nitzani, 18, killed at the entrance to Emanuel On the evening of December 12, 2001, terrorists opened fire at close range on bus no. 189, not far from the entrance to the town of Emanuel. Yair Amar, 13, of Emanuel and Nahman Nitzani, 18, of Betar Illit were killed on the spot. Dozens others were hurt, including many children. Yair Amar left his yeshiva on the day of the attack to return home to Emanuel for Hanukkah vacation. His friends described him as a gentle and talented boy. When the yeshiva absorbed a number of new immigrant students, Yair decided to take responsibility to help and care for them. Before leaving for home, Yair took part in the yeshiva’s Hanukkah party. Yair had a wonderful time dancing and singing with the others, and when he left for home he was in a good mood. Avraham Nahman Nitzani studied at the Nodvorna Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, from where he left for Emanuel to visit relatives. He was to have celebrated his 18th birthday two weeks after he was killed. Among the dozens of injured were the four children of the Siton family from Emanuel. Yahaloma, 14, lost an eye; Leon, 16, was hospitalized in intensive care; Sarah, 14, and Sivan, 19 were lightly wounded. “How do you tell a girl that she has lost an eye?” Yahaloma’s father asked.    1 2 3 4 5  6 7 8  9 10 11  12 13 14  15