Jerusalem – Hodaya Nehama Asoulin, a 21-year-old resident of Mevo Horon who was critically wounded in a 2011 terror attack in Jerusalem, died Wednesday at Hadassah University Medical Centre – Ein Karem, the family said in a statement.
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Asoulin, the eldest of seven children, had been in a coma since a bomb exploded at a bus stop adjacent to the Jerusalem Convention Centre on March 23, 2011. She had been 14-years-old and waiting for the bus home from school when the bomb went off, killing one British national, 59-year-old Mary Jean Gardner, and wounding dozens more.
Zahava Glickman, a resident of Mevo Horon and a close friend of the Asoulin family, told Tazpit Press Service (TPS) that Asoulin never regained consciousness after the attack, but added that the tragedy served to emphasise the close-knit ties that define the community. That support sustained the family, especially as Hodaya’s condition deteriorated over the past two weeks.
“I don’t think I could overstate just how sad the atmosphere here is,” Glickman said by phone. “We are simply overwhelmed – since the attack, Hodaya needed round-the-clock medical care, and that meant the family needed a lot of support from the community. People really ‘stepped up’ to cook meals, shop for groceries, pick children up from kindergarten, etc.
“Of course, the Asoulin family is devastated. But this is a lot more than that – it’s a tragedy for the whole community,” Glickman said.
HY”D!!
hy”d. tragic news
terrible news, we should only hear of suffering by Arabs from now on.
Truly heartbreaking. What the family must have gone through all these years.