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Terror in Mumbai
Two Israelis still missing after Mumbai attack
By Haaretz Service
Tags: terror, Israel news, Mumbai 

The Foreign Ministry said Sunday that two Israelis believed to have been in Mumbai when the terror attacks struck India's financial capital last week have still have not contacted their families.

Two other Israelis who had not been heard from since the beginning of the attacks were located alive and healthy on Sunday evening. They had apparently been traveling elsewhere in India when the terrorists attacked.

Specialists from the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute left Mumbai on Monday to execute a final sweep of the area.
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Six people - most Israelis, some dual citizens but all of them Jews - were killed in an attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, one of ten targets hit by terrorists in a series of coordinated attacks across the city that left 174 dead and hundreds more wounded.

After checking hospitals and morgues in Mumbai, the Foreign Ministry officials said on Sunday that there do not appear to be any more Israeli or Jewish victims of the attacks apart from those that have already been identified as victims from the Chabad House.

The Ministerial Committee on Symbols and Ceremonies decided earlier Sunday to recognize the Israelis murdered in the Mumbai Chabad House as victims of terror attacks against an Israeli target, which will enable their families to collect National Insurance Institute (NII) benefits.

An Israel Air Force plane carrying a delegation of officials from the foreign ministry, Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police was scheduled to leave for Mumbai at 3 P.M. Sunday to help in the final stages of identifying the victims of the Chabad House attack.

However, the plane was delayed for several hours due to problems with the issue of visas.

During its meeting Sunday, the committee also determined the process by which the victims' bodies will be returned to Israel.

Once the remains are positively identified, they will be boarded on the IAF plane during a ceremony that will be attended by the Israeli delegation, along with Israel's Ambassador to India, Mark Sofer, and Israel's Consul General in Mumbai, Orna Sagiv.

Upon the IAF plane's return to Israel, there will be a short ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport, where rabbis will recite the Kaddish mourning prayer. The victims' bodies will then be transferred to their families for burial.


Mumbai terrorist: We were told to kill Israelis

The only terrorist captured by Indian authorities following the Mumbai attacks told interrogators during questioning that he and his men were sent specifically to kill Israelis to avenge "atrocities" against the Palestinians, the Times of India reported Sunday.

Amir Kasab, 21, told investigators that this was why they targeted the Chabad House, also known as the Nariman House in Mumbai, an outreach center meant for local Jews and Jews touring India, including Israelis. Sources said Kasab's colleagues killed in the operation had stayed at the Nariman House in the past.

"They have stayed in Nariman house on rental basis identifying themselves as Malaysian students.'' said a source. Police were trying to determine why Nariman House rooms were given to non-Jews, the Times of India reported.

Kasab also revealed during questioning names and addresses of at least five people from the city who provided assistance to the terrorists in carrying out the attacks.

Joint commissioner of police Rakesh Maria said told the Times of India "we suspect there could be local assistants but it is subject to verification. It will be very premature to comment on this at this stage as our investigation is going on.''

Israeli embassy representatives and rescue personnel have identified the six Israeli and Jewish victims killed in the assault that began Wednesday night across India's financial capital, including its Chabad center.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided on Saturday evening to dispatch an Israel Air Force plane with teams of medical and forensic experts to Mumbai on Sunday to aid in the identification of victims.

Authorities on Saturday named one of the Israeli victims as Yocheved Orpaz, 60, after her family identified her body on Saturday afternoon. Another woman was identified as a Jewish resident of Mexico, whose name has not yet been released.

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement confirmed Friday evening that Israeli-born American rabbi, Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivka, 28, were among the dead.

The Holtzbergs will be flown to Israel for burial, said Rivka Holtzberg's brother, Shmulik Rosenberg. A Chabad spokesman said they likely would be buried Monday.

Two other victims from the Chabad house who have also been positively identified are Bentzion Chroman, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, and Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum, a U.S. citizen who lived in Jerusalem.

The fifth victim of the attack, Norma Schwartzblatt-Rabinowitz, was due to immigrate to Israel on Monday to join her two children who are already here - Jean, 24, a student living in Tel Aviv, who has been here for
four years, and Manuel, 18, who arrived two months ago to study in a yeshiva in Bnei Brak.

But before making the move, Schwartzblatt-Rabinowitz decided to treat herself to a few months of touring India. Last week, that trip ended in her death at the hands of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai's Chabad House.

According to the Jewish Agency, Schwartzblatt-Rabinowitz had contacted the agency in Mumbai and asked to be put on a flight to Israel on Sunday, to arrive here in time for her son's birthday. Agency chairman Zeev Bielski on Sunday offered his condolences on her death.

She also has another daughter, Orly, 21, who lives with her father in Mexico.

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      1.   this doesn`t jibe with the circumstances at all... 11:00  |  eric 30/11/08
      2.   Reality check time 11:23  |  Colin Wright 30/11/08
      3.   Complete Baloney!! 12:30  |  Ari 30/11/08
      4.   Does not make sense 12:35  |  MiddleStanian 30/11/08
      5.   To Eric 12:39  |  Debashri 30/11/08
      6.   hatred and anti-semitism are becoming a boring tools 12:39  |  Justice 30/11/08
      7.   edic #1 12:43  |  Esther 30/11/08
      8.   Come on apologists targetting Israelis & Jews is exactly 12:56  |  PETER SM 30/11/08
      9.   to eric (about ibrahim) 13:06  |  pradeep 30/11/08
      10.   Partial Reason 13:08  |  Jeff Northridge 30/11/08
      11.   # 6 - well said 13:27  |  viking 30/11/08
      12.   #6 and 11 13:46  |  George 30/11/08
      13.   Weird concept of justice #6 13:58  |  El_Justiciero 30/11/08
      14.   VIKING Have you mentioned that to the Arabs? 14:01  |  PETER SM 30/11/08
      15.   Eric + Colin Wright 14:09  |  ChanahS 30/11/08
      16.   Jewish symbols still motivate murderous acts 14:09  |  Ralph 30/11/08
      17.   My 2 cents 14:28  |  JR 30/11/08
      18.   Jews and Israelis were specifically targetted 14:30  |  Hilda 30/11/08
      19.   INCREDIBLE!!! 14:37  |  AVRAHAM 30/11/08
      20.   what did they want? 14:44  |  alex 30/11/08
      21.   Justice # 6 & viking # 11 Please Be More Specific 14:46  |  Jeff Northridge 30/11/08
      22.   What??? 15:32  |  Palestinian 30/11/08
      23.   I agree it doesn`t make sense 15:34  |  Gowri 30/11/08
      24.   to palestinian 15:55  |  real vision 30/11/08
      25.   Palestinian - 19 15:56  |  ChanahS 30/11/08
      26.   Palestinian, with Arabs like you peace and coexistence could have 17:00  |  Freethinker 30/11/08
      27.   #1 & #6 - gimme a break 17:17  |  J in Oregon 30/11/08
      28.   alex # 20 What Did They Want? 17:37  |  Jeff Northridge 30/11/08
      29.   Still Questions 17:46  |  Dovy 30/11/08
      30.   Eric`s argument based on what he personally doesn`t know 18:02  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      31.   Colin Wright`s targets 18:04  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      32.   Why target peace loving Israelis? 18:17  |  mosve 30/11/08
      33.   people like eric make me puke 18:22  |  Jay 30/11/08
      34.   Chabad Facility in India? 19:01  |  Visionary 30/11/08
      35.   concerned 19:04  |  shawn 30/11/08
      36.   #21 Jeff Northridge: You left nothing of alien`s concepts 19:13  |  Justice 30/11/08
      37.   #30 asks why Chabad has facilities in India 19:24  |  Motti 30/11/08
      38.   Visionary 29#,answer to your questions 19:27  |  Judah 30/11/08
      39.   Doctos say Israelis victims were tortured 19:31  |  John 30/11/08
      40.   Answering Visionary`s question 20:03  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      41.   mumbai terror 20:09  |  joydeep 30/11/08
      42.   Chickens coming home to roost 20:13  |  Bitin Dawg 30/11/08
      43.   Ain`t no justice in Justice`s posts 20:16  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      44.   JUSTICE Creating your own facts to prove your point 20:17  |  PETER SM 30/11/08
      45.   Police are investigating why rooms were rented to non-Jews 20:23  |  judith 30/11/08
      46.   RE#1 Eric...You don`t really need to be 20:25  |  Ines 30/11/08
      47.   Dovy`s question 20:32  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      48.   J in Oregon - 27 20:32  |  ChanahS 30/11/08
      49.   Re# 2 Their goal was 20:34  |  Ines 30/11/08
      50.   so what`s the solution? - floor is open 20:35  |  Rahul 30/11/08
      51.   so whats the solutions ? floor is open 20:36  |  Rahul 30/11/08
      52.   Visionary 35 20:38  |  ChanahS 30/11/08
      53.   shawn - nonsense 20:43  |  ChanahS 30/11/08
      54.   Never only one reason 21:04  |  Peter Williams 30/11/08
      55.   Re# 3 This is... 21:05  |  Ines 30/11/08
      56.   BITINDAWG Pals could have had their state 60 years ago 21:06  |  PETER SM 30/11/08
      57.   Re# 5 Yah.. Erik 21:10  |  Ines 30/11/08
      58.   Re # 4 Yes it makes very much sense.. 21:16  |  Ines 30/11/08
      59.   Re# 6 Is it really Israel`s fault again ??... 21:24  |  Ines 30/11/08
      60.   Ines 56 21:35  |  ChanahS 30/11/08
      61.   Ref #55 22:00  |  Rahul 30/11/08
      62.   India should snap all ties with israel 22:16  |  Indian 30/11/08
      63.   #12,George 22:22  |  Michael 30/11/08
      64.   does not compute 22:23  |  hollingsworth 30/11/08
      65.   Amalek 22:24  |  AJ 30/11/08
      66.   Post-Mortem Report : Jews were tortured before they were killed 22:25  |  Jim 30/11/08
      67.   Indian and "snapping ties" 22:29  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      68.   Indian and the usual anti-Semitic mantra 22:31  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      69.   Not to worry--this will get your minds off the other tragedy 22:33  |  Labhras 30/11/08
      70.   Hollingsworth can`t compute -- that`s for sure 22:34  |  SDHD 30/11/08
      71.   UNFORTUNTELY 22:36  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 30/11/08
      72.   Strange 23:00  |  Naomi 30/11/08
      73.   #63 Indian (so he say`s_ 23:04  |  * BEN JABO 30/11/08
      74.   INDIANMove to the paradise of Pakistan or Bangaladesh 23:07  |  PETER SM 30/11/08
      75.   #65 Hollingsworthless 23:10  |  * BEN JABO 30/11/08
      76.   Re# 8 You are right Peter SM... 23:10  |  Ines 30/11/08
      77.   Justice # 37 That`s Not What The Law Or History Say III 23:14  |  Jeff Northridge 30/11/08
      78.   # 9 to pradeep re: ibrahim 23:16  |  eric 30/11/08
      79.   BitinDawg bites himself 23:16  |  Peter Williams 30/11/08
      80.   Re# 9 Dawood Ibrahim 23:17  |  Ines 30/11/08
      81.   FROM Algeria to Zanzibar Islam has to rule.Clash of Civilisations 23:25  |  PETER SM 30/11/08
      82.   #2 and #70 wright and other antiemitic tragedies 00:00  |  odles 01/12/08
      83.   # 31 to sdhd re: a lesson in history 00:06  |  eric 01/12/08
      84.   zionists or jews? 00:09  |  g gomez 01/12/08
      85.   Indian # 63 Who`s Side Are You On? 00:18  |  Jeff Northridge 01/12/08
      86.   # 34 to jay re: your condition 00:20  |  eric 01/12/08
      87.   #65 who is more hated and set upon? 00:32  |  odles 01/12/08
      88.   Israeli collective punishment of Gazan people 00:39  |  Teo 01/12/08
      89.   #`s 46 & 57 to ines re: your comments 01:05  |  eric 01/12/08
      90.   Who gained, who lost, and who dunnit 01:05  |  Atrick 01/12/08
      91.   JIM "Jews were tortured"Useful idiots can spin any barbarism. 01:24  |  PETER SM 01/12/08
      92.   Palestinian 01:40  |  schafe82 01/12/08
      93.   INDIAN Why do you think the terrorists called themselves DECCAN ? 01:45  |  PETER SM 01/12/08
      94.   #6 & 11 01:53  |  Ben 01/12/08
      95.   #62 Mumbai Indian?I cannot believe you! Yesterday All your.. 02:06  |  Kathy 01/12/08
      96.   # 5 to debashri re: statement (2nd try) 02:20  |  eric 01/12/08
      97.   Hebrew Catholic Honors Rabbi Holtzburg, Killed in Mumbai 03:36  |  Ted 01/12/08
      98.   It has already happened - not much to discuss - 03:55  |  17 01/12/08
      99.   Teo # 76 It May Be Something, But It`s Not Terrorism 04:06  |  Jeff Northridge 01/12/08
      100.   Israel won`t recognize Norma Rabinovich as terror victim 04:10  |  anonymous119 01/12/08
      101.   # 9 to pradeep re: ibrahim (2nd try) 04:35  |  eric 01/12/08
      102.   # 76 Teo 04:39  |  19 01/12/08
      103.   #82 Kathy 04:45  |  Sonny 01/12/08
      104.   # 62 04:49  |  Sonny 01/12/08
      105.   Re israeli comply to internationally 05:25  |  shlomog 01/12/08
      106.   #37,38,40 Why a Chabad Center 05:46  |  Visionary 01/12/08
      107.   Jews/ Israel were a target 05:52  |  Sam 01/12/08
      108.   To Rahul - I think you have it! 05:55  |  Ben 01/12/08
      109.   Beware of Pakistani Hoaxsters! Indians love Israelis! 06:00  |  Sameer 01/12/08
      110.   Eric`s history lesson 06:13  |  SDHD 01/12/08
      111.   Eric can`t add simple things up 06:15  |  SDHD 01/12/08
      112.   Visionary - communing 06:17  |  SDHD 01/12/08
      113.   Questioning eric -- so as not to be a puppet 06:19  |  SDHD 01/12/08
      114.   #77, Eric, now we know 06:53  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/12/08
      115.   # 9 to pradeep re: ibrahim (2nd try) 07:06  |  eric 01/12/08
      116.   #83 Eric - We know you have a veracity problem 07:28  |  * BEN JABO 01/12/08
      117.   El_Justiciero 07:46  |  mo 49 01/12/08
      118.   Too many hoax messages ... 08:17  |  Roni 01/12/08
      119.   #8 PETER SM and terrorist targets 08:21  |  hala 01/12/08
      120.   TEO Collective pinishment? If Israel fired BACK 8000 + missiles 08:25  |  PETER SM 01/12/08
      121.   #101, Roni, Mumbai, re Islamic proxies 08:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/12/08
      122.   #62 Indian 08:43  |  Joe 01/12/08
      123.   INDIAN INCOMPETENCE=MURDERED HOSTAGES 09:06  |  Wang Ming-Ti 01/12/08
      124.   #104, hala 09:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/12/08
      125.   # 7 to esther re: focus (another try) 09:51  |  eric 01/12/08
      126.   Hey Joe! 10:03  |  Peter Williams 01/12/08
      127.   #115 Cipora 10:42  |  Roni 01/12/08
      128.   Classic anti-Semitism by Joe 17:33  |  SDHD 01/12/08
      129.   China Islamic Alliance and Pakistani Nukes responsible for terror 17:57  |  Singha 01/12/08
      130.   # 85 to cipora re: what you`ve said 23:08  |  eric 01/12/08
      131.   Singha 23:30  |  Peter Williams 01/12/08
      132.   #126 Peter Wiliams Better Still Let us call him By His Real Name 00:07  |  Israeli 02/12/08
      133.   Haaretz Where are my posts to hollingsworth ,And the rest?? 00:10  |  Kathy 02/12/08
      134.   BEN JABO 01:41  |  hollingsworth 02/12/08
      135.   # 85 to cipora re: what you`ve said (another try) 02:09  |  eric 02/12/08
      136.   #115 eric,not about pradeep.re Etc.But a post wanted to send you. 03:29  |  KATHY 02/12/08
      137.   #115 eric..Nothing to do with pradeep.but a post I wanted to 03:31  |  Kathy 02/12/08
      138.   # 130 to kathy re: your faulty assumptions about me 06:58  |  eric 02/12/08
      139.   # 85 to cipora re: what you`ve said 07:01  |  eric 02/12/08
      140.   Israeli 14:51  |  Peter Williams 02/12/08
      141.   #134 Hollingsworthless 18:44  |  * BEN JABO 02/12/08
      142.   #134-2 Hollingsworthless - Here`s some FACTS 19:06  |  * BEN JABO 02/12/08
      143.   BEN JABO 2 20:10  |  hollingsworth 02/12/08
      144.   #143 Hollingsworthless 03:33  |  * BEN JABO 03/12/08
      145.   MOSHIACH NOW! 06:38  |  Esther 03/12/08
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