 the matza restaurant suicide bombing occurred on march 31, 2002, when a palestinian hamas suicide bomber detonated his bomb inside the matza restaurant in haifa, israel, near the grand canyon shopping mall, killing 16 israeli civilians and injuring over 40 people.http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html ==the attack== the attack occurred at 14:45 during the passover vacation in israel, and the restaurant was crowded with families having their lunch. despite the passover suicide bombing which occurred just four days earlier in netanya, and the tense atmosphere following it, the clients and restaurant owners were not particularly worried about security: the matza restaurant is operated by an israeli arab family, and its multi-ethnic nature was thought to make it an unlikely choice for a terrorist attack. === fatalities === of the 16 victims, 14 were local haifa residents, and one a waiter from a nearby town. two families were completely wiped out, and other families suffered death and grave injuries to multiple family members. {| valign="top" | valign="top" | ;ron family: * aviel ron, 54, of haifaaviel ron * anat ron, 21, of haifaanat ron * ofer ron, 18, of haifaofer ron ;koren family: * shimon koren, 55, of haifashimon koren * ran koren, 18, of haifaran koren * gal koren, 15, of haifagal koren ;shiran family: * adi shiran, 17, of haifaadi shiran * shimon shiran, 57, of haifa â died of his injuries 
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