On the second day of his historic Israel visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Moshe Holtzberg, the Israeli child who survived the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, in Jerusalem.
"Anytime you can come to India, anytime you can go," PM Modi told Moshe during the emotional meeting.
The Israeli child was just two-year old when he lost his parents shortly before his birthday in the 26/11 terror attack led by Pakistan-based LeT terorists at a Jewish centre in Mumbai.
He was saved by his nanny Sandra Samuel when she grabbed ‘Baby Moshe’ and hid inside the Chabad House. Moshe was standing in between his parents’ bodies when Sandra found him after hearing his cries.
Moshe now lives in Afula with his grandparents – Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg and his wife Yehudit Rosenberg.
“Moshe is excited and emotional. We all are. We attach a lot of importance to the visit of Modi to Israel and his deciding to meet us,” Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg said before the meet.
“We all are here at Jerusalem from Afula to meet the Indian prime minister. This meeting is very important to us as the prime minister, who represents 125-crore Indians, has shown a desire to meet Moshe and us,” Rosenberg said.
“India has given too much love to Moshe and all of us. God bless India and Prime Minister Modi. It is nice to know that we have not been forgotten and that Indians share our pain,” he added.