Teen restaurant workers survived two bombings

FIGHTING his fear, teenager Jachun Ismailov went back to work at a Tel Aviv falafel restaurant after a January bombing there to support his family which has struggled since immigrating to Israel from Azerbaijan.

Lying in a hospital bed on Monday after the second bombing at the restaurant killed nine people, the quiet 17-year-old said that, once again, he would have no choice but to go back to work if the owners decide to re-open.

"I was very afraid to return to work there" after the first attack, said Ismailov, who was injured in the hand and back.