As the battle inside the tiny Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory intensified, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed international calls for a halt to the fighting.
Gaza health authorities say more than 8,300 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave in response to the 7 October attacks.
Netanyahu made it clear that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, drawing parallels to the United States' position after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Israeli military spokesperson said they were 'broadening the humanitarian effort' and would allow trucks carrying food, water and medicine to enter southern Gaza.
'We are not putting pressure, we are asking,' says Israeli envoy. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi reiterates that designation of a terror group is a 'legal matter'.
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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