Sandra Samuel, 46, a Christian from Goa, was looking after the two-year-old son of Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, when Pakistani gunmen attacked the Jewish centre they ran in the heart of Mumbai.

Mrs Samuel, a recently widowed mother of two, was on one of the lower floors of the Chabad House Jewish centre when she heard machine gun fire on the upper floors. But when the sound of gunfire subsided the following day, she heard two-year-old Moshe crying for her.

Instead of running away, she went upstairs to look for the toddler and found him covered in blood between the dead bodies of his parents. As the terrorist commandos stalked the roof, Mrs Samuel wrapped Moshe in a blanket and fled the building to safety.

She was immediately hailed for her heroism, but has struggled to secure an Israeli visa to help her remain in the country caring for Moshe, who now lives there with his maternal grandparents.

According to a statement by the Chabad organisation, the Israeli authorities have now granted Mrs Samuel Israeli citizenship to allow her to fulfil her hopes of looking after Moshe until he reaches adulthood.

Israel's interior minister said he had conferred citizenship on her in recognition of her bravery and as "a humanitarian step" to allow her to remain with the child.

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nice gesture

Nice for Indo-Israel relations.

Thats cool.

Wow....Humanity wins...Whether some fools try to break it in the name of religion.

I never knew till now that "Israeli" citizenship is better than "Indian" citizenship..............hehehehehehe.......what the F****........now we will have "Immigration to Israel" for a free job in Israeli Army to bomb the Palestinians.........

What better can you think of with that mind.

only the "TRUTH".........and the REALITY.....which bounces off some who are not aware of (DUMB) and some dont wanna accept and show to like it even if they know its true (Hyprocrites or politicians)....

Its her own choice if she wants to live in Israel; from my opinion I believe India is much better place than Israel.

very true

Humanity!

Thanks for setting a example nanny

its not about which country is better, citizenship is the best honor any country can offer..

India is a better place to live for the common man/woman when compared to Israel. The reason she stayed in Israel is clear - to take care of the child.

Israel has taken heed of this to award her citizenship. I wonder if another country would have done this.

Those images are still fresh in my memory when Sandra saved Baby Moshe and he was weeping. =(

And yes, humanity wins.

This is nice gesture from Israel. She deserves every accolade that she gets.
And do not bring your theories of Israel and Palestine conflicts into this. Open another thread for that.