Published By: Sheen Kachroo Last Updated: October 13, 2023, 18:24 IST The first batch of around 200 Indians returned to the country from Israel. (MEA) India has launched Operation Ajay to facilitate the return of those who wish to come back home as a series of attacks on Israeli towns by Hamas militants triggered fresh…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military told some 1 million Palestinians living in Gaza on Friday to evacuate the north, according to the United Nations, an unprecedented order for almost half the population of the sealed-off territory ahead of an expected ground invasion against the ruling Hamas militant group. The U.N. warned that so many people…
An increasing number of journalists on the ground covering the violence between Israel and Hamas are either dead, missing or detained, as the casualties skyrocket as a result of the war. Since Hamas, the militant group based in Gaza, launched a massive attack against Israel on Saturday, the Israeli government has launched nonstop airstrikes on…
Last Updated: October 12, 2023, 22:23 IST Thiruvananthapuram, India Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. (File photo/Shutterstock) Over 7,000 Keralites have been stranded in Israel and ensuring their safe return was the most significant thing at the moment, he said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said India could play a key role in reinstating…
A survivor of the attack on Israel’s Supernova music festival recounted a terrifying message she got from police when she called to alert them about the surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday. “We tried to reach the police,” Millet Ben Haim told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner in an interview on Wednesday. “They did want to help…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverized neighborhoods darkened by a near-total power outage. Israel launched new airstrikes and said it was preparing for a possible ground invasion. International aid groups warned that the death toll in…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, measuring 40 kilometers (25 miles) long and no more than 12 kilometers (7 miles) wide, surveilled continually by Israel, surrounded by its guns. But rescuing — or even locating — more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants who overran Israel’s southern border…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. citizens confirmed to have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war has risen to at least 22 with at least 17 more Americans unaccounted for, the State Department said Wednesday. That’s an increase in the death toll from 14 the day before, in a war that has already claimed…
Amid a polarizing conflict, advocate Malala Yousafzai made a point with which most people would agree. On Tuesday, the Nobel Peace Prize winner posted a statement to social media calling for “an immediate ceasefire” of the violence that erupted over the weekend when the militant group Hamas breached Israel’s borders with a multi-pronged attack, killing…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory as Israel vowed a retaliation for Hamas’ surprise weekend attack that would “reverberate … for generations.” Aid organizations pleaded for the creation of humanitarian corridors…