Philip Balhasan, 45, immigrated to Israel from North Africa. He took the day off from his job at Agan Chemicals in Ashdod to spend it with his two youngest children on Passover. They went to the old Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv to buy CDs and computer games. They were passing by the restaurant when the bomb exploded. Balhasan used his body to shield the children. Just before he died he handed his cell phone to his son Uri, instructing him to "Call Mom and tell her there was an attack."

Pirosca Boda, 50, came to Israel from Romania five years ago to earn money to pay for her husband's cancer treatment. After her husband died she continued working to save money for her daughter's wedding. Boda worked as a caregiver for an elderly Holocaust survivor; the two women had become very close and spoke to each other in Hungarian. Given the day off for Easter, Boda went to Tel Aviv where she was killed in the blast.

Widowed at an early age, Marcel Cohen, 73, of Nice, France, raised her four children alone. She came to Israel to attend the wedding of one of her 11 grandchildren. She stayed to celebrate Passover with her son Menahem, who lives in Jerusalem. While visiting relatives in Netanya she went to spend the day in Tel Aviv when the bomber struck.

Victor Erez, 60, came to Israel from Libya when he was two years old. A veteran of the IDF, he lost a leg in a land mine exposion. He worked many years as a taxi driver in Tel Aviv, and had just stepped out of his cab when the bomber hit. He was devoted to his family, and celebrated the birth of a grandson just a few weeks ago.

Binyamin Haputa, 47, was the security guard at the restaurant. He came to Israel with his family from Morocco in 1969. He was committed to his work. According to his sister Miriam, when asked if he was afraid of terrorists he would say that the terrorists should be afraid of him. Haputa discovered the bomb, causing the terrorist to detonate it prematurely. Though he and eight others were killed, Haputa saved many lives that day.

David Shaulov, 29, came to Israel 16 years ago with his family from Tashkent. He became a dental technician and opened his own laboratory. He has two children, and his wife Radmilla is due soon to give birth to a third. While she went to the hospital for a check-up, Shaulov went to his lab. He lost his life when he left for the restaurant on his lunch break.

Lily Yunes, 43 ran a day care center. She and her family were looking forward to their future. They were out to buy equipment for the new business they were setting up for Lily's eldest sons. They stopped for lunch on the way. Lily's family was caught in the blast and her sons hospitalized. Her body was identified that night.