Al Jazeera, meanwhile, has issued a statement condemning and the attack and mourning Washah’s death, accusing Israel of deliberately and systematically hunting down journalists.
On December 10, the year 2025 reached a murderous milestone. In 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) had recorded 126 journalists and media workers killed, the highest number since the CPJ first began keeping records in 1992.
In a recent statement, the CPI(M) Polit Bureau expressed concern over Israel's aggression and expansionist policies, which have led to a fragile ceasefire.
“I am shaken beyond words by what is unfolding in #Gaza. Every visual is gut wrenching. The cries of infants, the sight of starving children, the bombing of hospitals, and declaration of genocide by the UN Commission of Inquiry together show the suffering that no human being should ever be subjected to,” he wrote on ‘X’, expressing deep anguish.
This incident, said to be fueled by the shopkeepers' solidarity with Palestinian Muslims, quickly drew strong reactions from local residents.
The minister said India has consistently stood for a resolution of the Palestinian issue through a two-state solution.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the "cruel psychological propaganda" of Hamas after the militant group released a video of three Israeli women hostages.
