NCP founder Sharad Pawar on Monday questioned the central government’s “neutral” stance about events in the Gaza strip, and said India’s present stance of 'neutrality' is not in line with its traditional position.
Expressing disappointment in a statement shared on handle X, Kharge, while alleging that India's foreign policy is "in shambles," questioned the government's consistency in advocating for peace and dialogue in the Middle East.
It called for an immediate end to the blockade of Gaza by Israel and asked it to ensure that humanitarian aid is allowed to reach all parts of the area in adequate quantities.
As the Gaza war grinds into its second year, the world is once again watching a fragile and fractured negotiation unfold — one that promises a temporary ceasefire but no definite end to hostilities.
Amidst the ongoing face-off in Gaza, a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Southern Gaza’s Rafah came under fire on Sunday, resulting in the death of more than 30 Palestinians.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Hamas' welcoming of a United Nations resolution that backs a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict was a "hopeful sign".
The Palestinian Mayor of central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, Iyad al-Mughari, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian medical and security sources have said.
Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) has expressed its hope that the ceasefire deal recently proposed by the US will end the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the media quoted a Fatah spokesman as saying.
At least 70 Palestinians were found dead in northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp where Israel has just pulled out its armed forces after a nearly three-week offensive.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the Israeli strike in Rafah, saying that the attack "killed scores of innocent civilians who were only seeking shelter from this deadly conflict."
