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        11/28/2008, Kislev 1, 5769

      ZAKA Volunteers in Mumbai


      Volunteers of the ZAKA organization, which helps identify victims of terror attacks and other tragedies, arrived Friday morning in Mumbai to help upon completion of the attempt by Indian troops to rescue Israeli hostages being held by Muslim terrorists in the city's Chabad House. The volunteers flew from Israel with the parents of Rivka Holtzberg, who with her husband, Chabad emissary Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg, were among the hostages. The condition of the Holtzbergs is not known.

      Channel 2 television reported Friday morning that Indian officials expected the room-to-room search of the facility to take hours.

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