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Reports differ over release of Mumbai Chabad center captives

By Haaretz Staff and News Agencies

Tags: Chabad, mumbai, israel news

As India reeled from a series of bloody attacks launched by Islamist extremists across Mumbai, a diplomat who has been monitoring the events closely said no hostages had been released from the besieged headquarters of the ultra-orthodox Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch, contradicting earlier reports.

Indian state officials said earlier that eight hostages had been released. India's IBN network expanded on the report and said that two of those released were foreigners. Other Indian networks also reported that between 7 and 10 hostages had been freed by Indian security services.

The diplomat said the eight people had likely been hiding in a nearby building.

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Several Israeli officials, including the Foreign Ministry, also said the report of released hostages was unverified and based on unconfirmed rumors. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said she had no specific information regarding the number of Israelis currently held hostage in Mumbai.

The conflicting reports came as ongoing terror attacks at ten different locations across Mumbai since Wednesday night had left at least 125 people dead and hundreds wounded, while many were taken hostage. Several Israelis were believed to be among the hostages in the Chabad center as well as other locations targeted by the terrorists.

An Israeli hostage inside the Chabad center called the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday afternoon and said that the terrorists had forced her to call and relay their demand - the release of several militants currently held in Indian jails.

Senior Foreign Ministry officials said earlier that there was serious concern for the lives of the Chabad center hostages, as the gunmen holed up at the center urged the Indian government to negotiate with them over the hostages' release.

The family of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivki, both reportedly held hostage at the Chabad center, said they knew nothing beyond reports that the couple's 2-year-old son had been rescued, but eight people in the building were unconscious. The cook at the Jewish center fled the building, holding Moishe Holtzberg in her arms.

One of the terrorists holed up at the Chabad headquarters phoned an Indian television channel to say he was prepared to free his hostages if the government agreed to talks.

"Ask the government to talk to us and we will release the hostages," the militant, identified by the India TV channel as Imran, said, speaking in Urdu in what sounded like a Kashmiri accent.

"Are you aware how many people have been killed in Kashmir? Are you aware how many of them have been killed in Kashmir this week?" he said.

Between 20 to 30 Israelis were also reported to be among the dozens of hostages held by gunmen at the Trident-Oberoi hotel in a separate siege in the city.

An Israeli official in India told Haaretz that commandos surrounding the city's Taj Mahal hotel, another target of the terrorists where hostages were being held, had opened fire.

Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said later Thursday "we know that there are Israelis, certainly in the Chabad center and very probably in the Trident hotel."

He went on to say that the Israeli Consulate-General in Mumbai did not have a confirmed number of Israeli hostages, but added that according to various reports, the number ranged from 10 to 14 Israelis.

"At the hotel we don't know. There could be a handful," he added.

He said the Israeli authorities also had no official confirmation that Rabbi Holtzberg and his wife were among the hostages, but added "it's very probable because he was inside the house and we don't know that he came out of the house."

Israel's national emergency service said Thursday it had dispatched a team of doctors and medics to Mumbai, adding that more aid was available if the Indian government should require it.

Meanwhile, Indian commandoes killed the last three gunmen at a landmark hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped victims.

Gunfire and explosions could be heard well into the night from the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels, two of the city's top gathering spots for the Mumbai elite, as well as at the Chabad center. Throughout the day, commandoes brought hostages, trapped guests and corpses from the hotels in small groups.

The gunmen's main targets appeared to be Americans, Britons and Jews, though most of the dead seemed to be Indians and foreign tourists caught in random gunfire.

But clearly the gunmen - some of whom strode casually through their targets in khakis and T-shirts - came ready for a siege.

"They have AK-47s and grenades. They have bags full of grenades and have come fully prepared," said Maj. Gen. R.K. Hooda.

Ratan Tata, who runs the company that owns the elegant Taj Mahal hotel, said they appeared to have scouted their targets in advance.

"They seem to know their way around the back office, the kitchen. There has been a considerable amount of detailed planning," he said at a press conference.

India has been shaken repeatedly by terror attacks blamed on Muslim militants in recent years, but most of those attacks have been coordinated bombings that struck random crowded places: markets, street corners, parks.

The Wednesday night attacks were far more sophisticated - and more brazen.

They began at about 9:20 p.m. with the shooters spraying gunfire across the Chhatrapati Shivaji railroad station, one of the world's busiest terminals. For the next two hours, there was an attack roughly every 15 minutes - the Jewish center, a tourist restaurant, one hotel, then another, and two attacks on hospitals. There were 10 targets in all.

Among the dead were at least one Australian, a Japanese and a British national, said Pradeep Indulkar, a senior government official of Maharashtra state. An Italian and a German were also killed, according to their foreign ministries.

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2.	Despicable act carried out by Muslim militants	04:17	\|	Conroy	27/11/08

3.	what kind of nonsense	07:47	\|	M	27/11/08

4.	swiss	10:25	\|	Reemo	27/11/08

5.	Dutch misuses a name	10:30	\|	Reemo	27/11/08

6.	rabbi and wife unconscious hostages	11:25	\|	barbara	27/11/08

7.	Change your way, yeah	11:30	\|	El_Justiciero	27/11/08

8.	Livni Holds Emergency Political Meeting - No Meeting on Hostages	11:38	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	27/11/08

9.	Swiss Dino # 4	11:41	\|	ChanahS	27/11/08

10.	All Jews should live only in Israel	11:48	\|	Hebrew	27/11/08

11.	Praryers for the Chabad Rabbi and His Family	12:13	\|	ERSB	27/11/08

12.	Let`s Not Forget	12:15	\|	ERSB	27/11/08

13.	Durson`s and Dino`s are fakes	12:34	\|	Neutral	27/11/08

14.	Who is a Jew	12:36	\|	Ramamurthy	27/11/08

15.	These are desperate acts of oppressed people	12:39	\|	Levy	27/11/08

16.	Stop Settlement Building - this will end the cycle of violence	12:40	\|	Incognito	27/11/08

17.	Natallie Durson - Weren`t they after AMERICANS & BRITISH	12:40	\|	Ben	27/11/08

18.	#11 ChanahS:Re Swiss Dino	12:41	\|	Arie	27/11/08

19.	All in the name of allah!	12:41	\|	Arie	27/11/08

20.	Look at #4. Did Swiss (Dino) show his true colors? - What a Shame	12:43	\|	Vittorio	27/11/08

21.	And you call these militants?	12:44	\|	ecr	27/11/08

22.	Vicious #3 & #4 Durson&Dino Justify Israel`s Existence	12:47	\|	Michael J	27/11/08

23.	Durson / Swiss Dino: soon "spiritual wedding"?	12:51	\|	Daniel	27/11/08

24.	Its not just "Zionists"they want to eliminate-its Jews in total!	13:07	\|	Alan SA	27/11/08

25.	#4 "Swiss dino" You are truly disgusting.	13:08	\|	Johnny	27/11/08

26.	Indian commandos surround besieged	13:25	\|	Peace	27/11/08

27.	# 11 Chanah is of course right, post # 4 is a rather cheap fake..	13:26	\|	Swiss (Dino)	27/11/08

28.	Chabad have done only good...	13:30	\|	Nik Miller	27/11/08

29.	Who is behind this?	13:45	\|	MiddleStanian	27/11/08

30.	Chabad House Mumbai	13:56	\|	brian	27/11/08

31.	another Entebe mission?	13:58	\|	k	27/11/08

32.	Prayers for hostages	14:19	\|	Marina	27/11/08

33.	Please say Tehillim ( Psalms ) for every one in Mumbai	14:35	\|	Pamela	27/11/08

34.	what hypocrisy	15:22	\|	the word	27/11/08

35.	At Least We Learned Something From These Terrorist Demands	15:28	\|	Jeff Northridge	27/11/08

36.	Let`s release more terrorists for Schalit	15:34	\|	Fred McCann	27/11/08

37.	This is the face of Islamist facists	15:37	\|	Abuya	27/11/08

38.	No necessarily so, Conroy !	15:55	\|	David James Vickery	27/11/08

39.	They`re angry with the Indian government...	15:56	\|	Noami	27/11/08

40.	Dino # 14 - in fact	16:14	\|	ChanahS	27/11/08

41.	The devided Pakistan of last week NYT	16:23	\|	Fritz T.	27/11/08

42.	Islamic terrorist?	17:00	\|	Soldier of Above	27/11/08

43.	#1 Not only Durson but Indrayaja (her backyard)	17:24	\|	Big Sur	27/11/08

44.	BS Journalist Loves These Dots	17:48	\|	Tex	27/11/08

45.	CHABAD BRAVERY AND SERVICE	17:48	\|	Barry S. Roffman	27/11/08

46.	to 20 A hole service to their safety.	17:52	\|	mb	27/11/08

47.	Where was the security?	18:07	\|	Gray	27/11/08

48.	#24 Fritz T.	18:10	\|	Sarah	27/11/08

49.	Hostages	18:40	\|	Ellen	27/11/08

50.	COWARDS	19:24	\|	Mallorie	27/11/08

51.	Hindus should align with Israelis	19:45	\|	Anand	27/11/08

52.	god willing	19:54	\|	jawan	27/11/08

53.	Hostages Crisis	19:55	\|	Cyril Balkaran	27/11/08

54.	Prayers for the Hostages Safety	19:59	\|	Ron	27/11/08

55.	Yes indeed, where is Durson? and Dutch? and Indrayaja?	20:02	\|	Benjamina	27/11/08

56.	Hostage Crisis in Mumbai	20:13	\|	Cyril	27/11/08

57.	hy are the Jewish people all over the world and	20:16	\|	Onlooker	27/11/08

58.	They acknowledged they`re from pakistan and its ship brought them	20:22	\|	good vs. bad	27/11/08

59.	Attention American Jews	20:30	\|	yidgal	27/11/08

60.	Levy - what do you know about suffering?	20:48	\|	SA	27/11/08

61.	UK is sending out an anti-terror squad...	20:51	\|	Noami	27/11/08

62.	And still...total silence from the 53 + 1	20:54	\|	Arie	27/11/08

63.	Seems the swiss weren`t paid yet	20:57	\|	Arie	27/11/08

64.	One US raid in Afghanistan kills that many civilians.	21:05	\|	Morales	27/11/08

65.	The Natallie Durson issue	21:15	\|	Tulip	27/11/08

66.	to #10	21:16	\|	Sara...no H	27/11/08

67.	Islam, the religion of peace!	21:17	\|	Mur	27/11/08

68.	Where have all the lefties gone	21:17	\|	Peter Williams	27/11/08

69.	Yigdal	21:18	\|	Geoff	27/11/08

70.	Deconstructing Swiss (Dino)’s argument of reconciliation with mil	21:24	\|	Darth Zaider (Ed)	27/11/08

71.	This is what happens when your Hindus attack	21:26	\|	Sara...no H	27/11/08

72.	`A PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD OF GROUP...`	21:30	\|	Ian	27/11/08

73.	Islam, the religion of peace?	21:31	\|	Murray of Montreal	27/11/08

74.	LEVY Actually no,they are opressors	21:50	\|	PETER SM	27/11/08

75.	#9, ChanahS	21:54	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	27/11/08

76.	no indrayaja or clickie	22:00	\|	simon	27/11/08

77.	The headline is misleading	22:05	\|	Chris Linthwaite	27/11/08

78.	#8 - I agree	22:05	\|	Noami	27/11/08

79.	Clickfool, from malevolent and hateful to stupid and ridiculous	22:17	\|	John	27/11/08

80.	Incognito - You need help	22:24	\|	docD	27/11/08

81.	LINTHWAITE Forget headlines.Go for the REAL Truth,Ask Clickfool	22:31	\|	PETER SM	27/11/08

82.	Looks to me like this makes it clear	22:31	\|	Che Vive	27/11/08

83.	Changing the truth.	22:35	\|	Antonio da Silva	27/11/08

84.	Anand - chickens coming home to roost	22:43	\|	Jewboy	27/11/08

85.	A Country Boy can Survive	22:47	\|	Big Sur	27/11/08

86.	Incognito-you need help	22:48	\|	Ram	27/11/08

87.	mumbai chabad	22:49	\|	lorne	27/11/08

88.	Vittorio, Johnny, Daniel + Co., will I get an apology....????	22:52	\|	Swiss (Dino)	27/11/08

89.	To Che Viva	22:54	\|	Ram	27/11/08

90.	# 40 Chanah, please stop being "childish"......	23:02	\|	Swiss (Dino)	27/11/08

91.	To Antonio da Silva	23:06	\|	Ram	27/11/08

92.	A message to you all	23:09	\|	Jesse James	27/11/08

93.	# 75 Cipora, if I would have to make a list of the posters.....	23:11	\|	Swiss (Dino)	27/11/08

94.	I wish the family Holzberg to survive from the horror	23:13	\|	Dorit Grobgeld	27/11/08

95.	mumbai #90 swiss dino	23:16	\|	lorne	27/11/08

96.	# 70 Darth Zaider	23:29	\|	Swiss (Dino)	27/11/08

97.	Swiss dino you truly show the worst side of humankind	23:44	\|	Johnny	27/11/08

98.	Where is the Aparthaid and where are the posters	23:45	\|	Abuya	27/11/08

99.	response	23:45	\|	Sou	27/11/08

100.	Levy in London 15	23:45	\|	ChanahS	27/11/08

101.	boat used by terrorists	23:47	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	27/11/08

102.	response 2	23:47	\|	Sou	27/11/08

103.	Yes, Swiss Dino Martin, you deserve an apology ...	23:47	\|	Daniel	27/11/08

104.	Arie 18 - I was being facetious	23:47	\|	ChanahS	27/11/08

105.	# 40 By the way, Chanah, do you understand now.....	23:48	\|	Swiss (Dino)	27/11/08

106.	Swiss (Dino): Stop Drinking Now!	00:14	\|	Brad	28/11/08

107.	# 103 Okay, compatriot Daniel, fair enough.....	00:31	\|	Swiss (Dino)	28/11/08

108.	Swiss Dino 90 - "childish" tantrums	00:33	\|	ChanahS	28/11/08

109.	# 95 lorne, you knew Galileo Galilei....????	00:34	\|	Swiss (Dino)	28/11/08

110.	Swiss Dino 105	00:37	\|	ChanahS	28/11/08

111.	# 104 Chanah, "courage" is not your thing, is it....??? :)	00:44	\|	Swiss (Dino)	28/11/08

112.	#15 Muslims in America Barely Oppressed	00:46	\|	tbart	28/11/08

113.	CHE VIVE Are you aware how many Islamists kill every week?	00:47	\|	PETER SM	28/11/08

114.	SWIWSSYou still do not understand.These terrorists had no right	00:55	\|	PETER SM	28/11/08

115.	Antonio da Silva Then why Islamist terror in Algeria,Thailand	00:58	\|	PETER SM	28/11/08

116.	Swis Dino	01:05	\|	Pamela	28/11/08

117.	Jesse James # 92 Skewed Perception (part 1)	01:29	\|	Jeff Northridge	28/11/08

118.	SAD NEWS FROM THE JEWISH CENTER	01:39	\|	AMERICAN HINDU	28/11/08

119.	Jesse James # 92 Skewed Perception (part 2)	02:09	\|	Jeff Northridge	28/11/08

120.	Jesse James # 92 Skewed Perception (part 3)	02:19	\|	Jeff Northridge	28/11/08

121.	Muslim exclusivity	02:43	\|	Ram	28/11/08

122.	# 106 PETER SM, would you have the benevolence.....	02:59	\|	Swiss	28/11/08

123.	To Jesse James	03:04	\|	Ram	28/11/08

124.	# 108 Pamela, thanks a lot for the invitation....	03:05	\|	Swiss (Dino)	28/11/08

125.	well Ram that sec ular dewmocracy you bragged about just a few	03:16	\|	minutes ago	28/11/08

126.	Ram - 1	03:40	\|	Jesse James	28/11/08

127.	Pamela-swiss dino knows his ideas are wron	03:41	\|	Arie	28/11/08

128.	Ram - 2	03:42	\|	Jesse James	28/11/08

129.	Jeff Norbridge	03:48	\|	Jesse James	28/11/08

130.	oppressed people ??	03:54	\|	Leah	28/11/08

131.	Jeff Northridge - (3)	04:00	\|	Jesse James	28/11/08

132.	SWISS I have &you are still in blame shift mode for terrorists.!.	06:38	\|	PETER SM	28/11/08

133.	J.JAMES Why didn`t the cowards attack the Indian army??	06:46	\|	PETER SM	28/11/08

134.	#13	06:57	\|	Joe	28/11/08

135.	Mumbai Terrorism	07:27	\|	Chin Gia	28/11/08

136.	A BLAME GAME WON`T CHANGE A THING	07:43	\|	indrajaya	28/11/08

137.	Jessie James and grievances versus tactics	08:12	\|	SDHD	28/11/08

138.	Victim Mentality	08:19	\|	V	28/11/08

139.	Chabad House Mumbai	08:28	\|	Judy Reeva	28/11/08

140.	Jesse James	08:38	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	28/11/08

141.	a chess matc is a much less bloody war, I wonder if the GODS are	09:29	\|	Susanna/Shoshanna	28/11/08

142.	Do left wing Jews STILL believe in peace with Ishmail?	09:35	\|	Harvey	28/11/08

143.	TARGETTING civillians is not "struggle" but craven cowardice	09:38	\|	PETER SM	28/11/08

144.	# 106 Brad	09:45	\|	Swiss (Dino)	28/11/08

145.	To Harvey	09:57	\|	Ram	28/11/08

146.	Strange how the "peacelovers" revel in our tradgedies	10:01	\|	Harvey	28/11/08

147.	# 132 PETER SM	10:09	\|	Swiss (Dino)	28/11/08

148.	#17	10:14	\|	Bruni	28/11/08

149.	Dino 111 - despite what you claim	11:33	\|	ChanahS	28/11/08

150.	#55 Hello Benjamina indeed. Terrorists are terrorists	11:49	\|	Maureen Ann	28/11/08

151.	Chabad house in Mumbai	12:47	\|	Robin	28/11/08

152.	Morale	13:26	\|	fk	28/11/08

153.	dino is typical leftist swiss	13:28	\|	suisse (rightie)	28/11/08

154.	peter sm 133	14:46	\|	potobac	28/11/08

155.	Swiss compatriot, headless running against the wall	16:01	\|	Daniel	28/11/08

156.	yigdal #59	16:09	\|	Patrick Warner	28/11/08

157.	Dino you dont understand anything about Israel	16:13	\|	Israeli cititzen	28/11/08

158.	Ha`aretz: there are not terrorists -- only `militants`	16:14	\|	Howard Pielet	28/11/08

159.	The final explanation of the tragedy in Bumbay	16:20	\|	Swiss (Cheese)	28/11/08

160.	It is the Israeli Right, stupid!	16:21	\|	Swiss (Cuckoo)	28/11/08

161.	@2 Conroy	16:25	\|	Ralph	28/11/08

162.	Next, control of nuclear site, we don`t want to talk about it;why	16:38	\|	Simon	28/11/08

163.	Rescuing hostages doesn`t appear to be India`s priority.	16:43	\|	Sarah	28/11/08

164.	ISI shrugged and went to lunch?	17:35	\|	Atrick	28/11/08

165.	I pray for the Rabbi his entourage I have a note for Haters today	17:37	\|	Big Sur 2nd try	28/11/08

166.	To Peter #143 No, if they had honor they would kill themselves	17:44	\|	Big Sur	28/11/08

167.	#142 Harvey a little shocker 4 u Ishmael is dead	17:46	\|	Big Sur	28/11/08

168.	Indrayaja and Durson, her fellow haters this is what you breed.	18:04	\|	Big Sur	28/11/08

169.	Indrajaya #136 ...Nonsense!!	18:07	\|	Yehuda	28/11/08

170.	#156 Big Sur Wow I hope everyone sees that!	18:18	\|	Robert/Montreal	28/11/08

171.	Durson, BBS, indra, clicktool, remind us that bigotry and ignoran	18:22	\|	jj	28/11/08

172.	#156 big sur 2nd try ...WOW!	18:53	\|	Robert?Montreal	28/11/08

173.	#16,,,,Another Comedian	19:00	\|	Froike	28/11/08

174.	Swiss #147-Have to admit you made me laugh with that	19:02	\|	Arie	28/11/08

175.	Muslim Property	19:29	\|	Kumar	28/11/08

176.	Oh dear - missing messages # 3 and # 4	19:59	\|	Clickfool	28/11/08

177.	For John # 27	20:06	\|	Clickfool	28/11/08

178.	Swiss (Dino) #90 My unpleasant friend	20:10	\|	Gil	28/11/08

179.	For JJ # 161	20:11	\|	Clickfool	28/11/08

180.	To Swiss	21:21	\|	Another Chana	28/11/08

181.	Clickfool: Needs the Attention of Jews	21:28	\|	Tex	28/11/08

182.	Swiss Dino 109- problem with comprehension	23:14	\|	ChanahS	28/11/08

183.	fk 152	23:24	\|	ChanahS	28/11/08

184.	# 166 Arie, glad to know that my posts are serving.....	01:12	\|	Swiss (Dino)	29/11/08

185.	# 170 Mr. Pleasant Gil	01:22	\|	Swiss (Dino)	29/11/08

186.	# 149 / # 173 ChanahS	01:37	\|	Swiss (Dino)	29/11/08

187.	# 153 suisse (rightie), you make a lot of assertions....	01:41	\|	Swiss (Dino)	29/11/08

188.	shame on Islam	03:17	\|	jim jacobs	29/11/08

189.	Oppressed Muslims?	04:47	\|	Ori	29/11/08

190.	RACISTS prefer to ignore PERSPECTIVE (2nd try)	04:59	\|	eric	29/11/08

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192.	JEWS IN INDIA	11:35	\|	SAMIR SINGH	29/11/08

193.	HINDUS & JEWS IN INDIA	11:43	\|	SAMIR SINGH	29/11/08

194.	#83, Antonia get ur facts rite	11:45	\|	Hindu Warrior	29/11/08

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