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| Israel awaits Mumbai attack dead | Israel awaits Mumbai attack dead |
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| Israeli and Jewish victims of the Mumbai attacks are to be flown to Israel for burial, officials there say. | Israeli and Jewish victims of the Mumbai attacks are to be flown to Israel for burial, officials there say. |
| The two-year-old son of a rabbi and his wife, who were killed at a Jewish centre, will also be flown to Israel with the Indian nanny who saved him. | The two-year-old son of a rabbi and his wife, who were killed at a Jewish centre, will also be flown to Israel with the Indian nanny who saved him. |
| Israeli religious leaders have called for special arrangements to be made to allow her to stay in Israel. | |
| Six Jews were killed at the centre in the attacks on multiple sites in Mumbai that left more than 170 people dead. | Six Jews were killed at the centre in the attacks on multiple sites in Mumbai that left more than 170 people dead. |
| Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Andy David said workers were collecting the remains of the victims and they would be flown back to Israel later on Monday on a special air force flight. | Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Andy David said workers were collecting the remains of the victims and they would be flown back to Israel later on Monday on a special air force flight. |
| They are expected to be buried on Tuesday. | They are expected to be buried on Tuesday. |
| Four of those killed in the Chabad community centre were Israeli, including toddler Moshe's parents - Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivkah, 28, who together ran the site. | Four of those killed in the Chabad community centre were Israeli, including toddler Moshe's parents - Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivkah, 28, who together ran the site. |
| 'Righteous Gentile' | 'Righteous Gentile' |
| Moshe's nanny, Sandra Samuel, hid in a downstairs closet when gunmen attacked the building on Wednesday evening. | Moshe's nanny, Sandra Samuel, hid in a downstairs closet when gunmen attacked the building on Wednesday evening. |
| On Thursday morning, with gunmen still in the building locked in a stand-off with commandos, she heard the boy calling her name, media reports quoted her as saying. | On Thursday morning, with gunmen still in the building locked in a stand-off with commandos, she heard the boy calling her name, media reports quoted her as saying. |
| At this point [Sandra Samuel is] the only one the boy is reponding to Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Aharonov Chabad official Eyewitness: Mumbai survivorsHow Mumbai attacks unfolded | At this point [Sandra Samuel is] the only one the boy is reponding to Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Aharonov Chabad official Eyewitness: Mumbai survivorsHow Mumbai attacks unfolded |
| She left her hiding place and ran up a flight of stairs to find Moshe in blood-stained clothes next to his dead parents and two other Israelis. | She left her hiding place and ran up a flight of stairs to find Moshe in blood-stained clothes next to his dead parents and two other Israelis. |
| She picked up the child and ran out of the building. | She picked up the child and ran out of the building. |
| Indian commandos stormed the building the following day and killed several gunmen in a fierce battle. | Indian commandos stormed the building the following day and killed several gunmen in a fierce battle. |
| The Israeli foreign ministry was said to be considering granting Ms Samuel the status of "Righteous Gentile" - one of the highest honours Israel can bestow on non-Jews - which would allow her to remain in Israel for some time. | The Israeli foreign ministry was said to be considering granting Ms Samuel the status of "Righteous Gentile" - one of the highest honours Israel can bestow on non-Jews - which would allow her to remain in Israel for some time. |
| She has worked at the Chabad centre for five years and began caring for Moshe after he was born. | She has worked at the Chabad centre for five years and began caring for Moshe after he was born. |
| A Chabad official, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Aharonov, urged Israeli officials to grant Ms Samuel a visa so she could stay in Israel with Moshe. | A Chabad official, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Aharonov, urged Israeli officials to grant Ms Samuel a visa so she could stay in Israel with Moshe. |
| "At this point she's the only one the boy is responding to," he told Israeli website Ynet. | "At this point she's the only one the boy is responding to," he told Israeli website Ynet. |