Israel’s ambassador to India, Daniel Carmon, said the seventh anniversary of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai on Thursday reminded all the threat terrorism posed to democracies around the world and underlined the need for unity among the international community in the fight against the menace.
“We remember today the horrible attacks of 26/11 in Mumbai. The attacks that happened exactly seven years ago, took lives hundreds of people, including Israelis, and had left many more with physical and emotional scars,” said Carmon.
Two Israeli citizens — Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka — were among the 166 people killed by 10 Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists during the three-day-long carnage, which commenced on November 26, 2008. They were first held hostage in Chabad House and were killed subsequently. Their daughter Moshe was, however, saved by her nanny.
“It is a day that reminds us all the threat of extremist terror against democracies and the free world by those who are committed to the killing of people who do not share their fanatic mindset and views,” said Israel’s envoy to India.
“This day emphasises even more the need for us all to unite in the face of extremist terror. Terror can strike anywhere and at any time. Acts of terror happen in Mumbai, Paris, New York, Buenos Aires, Bamako, Jerusalem and other places but those who wish to spread the threat of terror will not prevail,” he added.
He said that Israel, also a victim of continuous acts of terror, has always stood by the Indian people, government and security forces, in their tireless efforts to fight and eliminate terror.
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