Gaza borders Israel, Egypt & eastern coast of Mediterranean Sea. Home to over 20 lakh, it has suffered from chronic power shortages, severely affecting essential services.
School buses are a luxury. Most of the children on the cart are preschoolers who stay in Khan Younis refugee camp. Sometimes as many as 15 clamber aboard.
Police said the gunman arrived at around 8:15 PM and opened fire before he was killed by police. TV footage showed several victims lying on the road outside the synagogue.
Dance is being seen as a form of therapy to help youngsters handle years of war and trauma. An 11-year-old dancer said her 'mental health changed' with breakdance.
The Palestinian foreign minister wrote to S Jaishankar on India's abstention. Palestine wrote similar letters to all countries who abstained, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
Israel’s security cabinet unanimously voted to approve an Egyptian proposal for an unconditional, bilateral truce, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a text message.
With the US circumspect about committing American political and diplomatic resources to the effort, the heavy lifting of engineering a ceasefire falls once again to Egypt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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