The names of nine Israelis killed in a suicide bombing Saturday night in Jerusalem were released. The victims, who included six children and a family of four, were: Shlomo Nehmad, 40, his wife Gafnit, 32, their children Shiraz, 7, and Liran, 3, and their nephew, Shaul Nehmad, 15, all from Rishon le-Zion; Jerusalem resident Tsofit Eliahu 23, and her seven-month-old son, Ya’acov Avraham Eliahu; and Lidor Ilan, 12 and his 18-month-old sister, Oriah, of Rishon le-Zion.
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