Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon pays tribute to Mumbai attacks victims, visits Chabad house

Gilon tweeted: "Today, I join the people of India in paying my heartfelt tribute to all victims of the terrible #MumbaiTerrorAttack of 26/11."

" Visiting the #Chabad house and hearing all about the tragedy was an emotional moment," he said.

He said Israel and India stand united in grief but also in fighting terrorism.

Chabad House is the centre in downtown Colaba which better known as Nariman House. It was attacked by terrorists during the 26/11 massacre in Mumbai.

The terrorist attack carried out in the house, which instilled shock, fear and bewilderment in the entire country, left six people, including Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his five-month pregnant wife Rivka, dead.

The 2008 Mumbai attacks also referred to as 26/11 were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.

 The attacks, which drew widespread global condemnation, began on Wednesday 26 November and lasted until November 29, 2008. At least 174 people died, including 9 attackers, and more than 300 were wounded.

 Eight of the attacks occurred in South Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Chabad House, The Oberoi Trident, The Taj Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, The Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and in a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier's College.

 There was also an explosion at Mazagaon, in Mumbai's port area, and a taxi at Vile Parle.

 By the early morning of 28 November 28, all sites except for the Taj Hotel had been secured by the Mumbai Police and security forces.

 On November 29, India's National Security Guards (NSG) conducted Operation Black Tornado to flush out the remaining attackers; it culminated in the death of the last remaining attackers at the Taj Hotel and ended the attacks.