Jerusalem ( CNN ) -- The Indian nanny who saved the life of an Israeli boy during the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 has been granted honorary citizenship and temporary residency in Israel . At a ceremony Monday , the Israeli interior ministry in Jerusalem handed Sandra Samuel her identity card . `` I hope I will honor the citizenship and love Israel . I would give my heart and soul for Israel , '' she said . Samuel has been caring for the boy , Moshe Holtzberg , since his parents died in the terror attacks on a Jewish cultural center , Chabad House , and several luxury hotels in India 's financial capital . They were among six people who were killed at Chabad House . Altogether , more than 160 people died in the attacks . During the raids , 10 men also attacked buildings including the luxury Taj Mahal Palace and Tower and Oberoi-Trident hotels and the city 's Chhatrapati Shivaji train station . The only surviving gunman , Mohammed Ajmal Kasab , a Pakistani , was convicted of murder , conspiracy , and waging war . Moshe 's father , Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg , and his pregnant wife , Rivka , ran the Mumbai headquarters of the Chabad community -- a Hasidic Jewish movement . Samuel , who worked as a cook and nanny at the Chabad House , found Moshe -- who turned 2 just after the attacks -- standing between the bodies of his slain parents . She returned to Israel and has continued to care for the boy , helping his grandparents to raise him . `` Sandra Samuel stepped into the fire and abyss and did not think of herself , '' said Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg , Moshe 's grandfather , at the ceremony . `` She saved Moshe from the fire and we as Jews must thank and respect her . '' CNN 's Michal Zippori contributed to this report .
Samuel : `` I would give my heart and soul for Israel '' She has been caring for the boy since his parents died in an attack on Chabad House in India . She found the boy standing between his parents ' bodies .