Report: Five Hostages Killed in Mumbai Jewish Center..(Update)..Confirmed, all Five Were Israelis.....

The Jewish hostages had little to no chance of surviving, my deepest condolences to their families.....

MUMBAI, India (AP) - Indian news reports say five hostages have been killed in the Mumbai headquarters of an ultra-orthodox Jewish group.

Two Americans were also confirmed dead in the Mumbai attacks that began Wednesday night. A spokeswoman with the Synchronicity Foundation in Virginia said Friday that Alan Scherr and his 13-year-old daughter were killed while they were in a cafe in Mumbai.

In Jerusalem, the Israeli rescue service said five hostages and two gunmen were killed at the center.

Update: They were killed as commando units closed in on the terrorists, Israel has confirmed they were Israeli nationals.....

THE bodies of five Israeli hostages seized by Islamic militants were recovered on Friday from a Jewish centre in Mumbai after it was stormed by Indian commandos.

"Five bodies of hostages have been found. They are Israeli nationals,"Eli Belotsercovsky, deputy chief of mission at the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, said.

"It's very sad this has happened."

The Press Trust of India quoted Indian national security guard chief J K Dutt as saying the militant gunman had killed the hostages during Friday's commando assault on the building.

"We had taken over the second floor of the house when a grenade was launched from above. Three hostages were killed by terrorists," Dutt said.

As the armed unit moved upstairs, the militants killed another two hostages on the fourth floor.

Loud explosions and sporadic automatic weapons fire erupted throughout the day after the black-clad troops abseiled from helicopters onto the centre's roof at dawn.

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Comments

[JDAM]

Israel should bomb Gaza in retaliation.

[Danone]

I just checked out http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ .

On the main page one of the lead stories say 'After the successful operations at Trident and Nariman House, the Taj hotel remains the only concern for the NSG, which is conducting a massive counter-terror offensive'. Well to me it didn't sound successful.