On August 9, 2001, Jerusalem was rocked by one of the deadliest attacks of the Second Intifada.

Around 2 p.m., a Hamas suicide bomber entered the crowded Sbarro restaurant at the intersection of Jaffa Road and King George Street and detonated a powerful bomb packed with shrapnel, deliberately designed to inflict mass casualties.

Fifteen people were murdered in the attack, including seven children and a pregnant woman, while more than 100 others were wounded.

Five members of a single family — the Schijveschuurders — were among those killed. The family lost both parents and three of their children in the blast.

Chana Nachenberg was among those critically injured. She never regained consciousness and remained in a coma for nearly 22 years before succumbing to her injuries in 2023, bringing the total number of victims killed in the attack to 16.

Ahlam Tamimi, who helped select the target and accompanied the bomber to the restaurant, was later sentenced by an Israeli court to 16 life terms. She was released in 2011 as part of the prisoner exchange that secured the return of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and subsequently returned to Jordan.

The Sbarro bombing became one of the most haunting images of the Second Intifada — a crowded Jerusalem restaurant transformed into a scene of unimaginable devastation.

Twenty-five years later, we remember the children, parents, and families whose lives were taken or forever changed by an act of terror.

Their names and memories will not be forgotten.

We will never forget. HY”D.