Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Mosche Holtzberg and his grandparents after unveiling the Living Memorial in commemoration of the victims of the 26/11 attacks, at the Chabad House in Mumbai on Thursday. PTI
Mumbai: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday paid tributes to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Netanyahu, along with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, laid wreath at the memorial of the terror attack victims, that claimed 166 lives, at the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in south Mumbai under a heavy security blanket.
The Israeli prime minister also wrote a message in the visitor's book at the place.
Netanyahu later visited the nearby Nariman House, where he met 11-year-old Israeli boy Moshe Holtzberg, who survived during the 2008 attacks. The meeting at Chabad House was an emotional affair as Netanyahu kissed Moshe. The boy presented a souvenir to Netanyahu.
Moshe's father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed at the Nariman House during the attacks. The Jewish couple ran a cultural and outreach center for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement at the Nariman House in south Mumbai's Colaba area.Moshe came to Mumbai on Tuesday, returning to the place where he was orphaned nine years ago in the terror attack.
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