The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a private group delivering aid in Rafah, among other Gazan cities. This aid system has been criticised by the UN as inadequate & flawed.
Attacks, wider in scale than regular drone strikes, will continue for 'as long as necessary', says Israel. Hamas claims Israel overturned ceasefire agreement, leaving hostages in a lurch.
MEA said India has consistently called for protection of civilians & respect for humanitarian law in ongoing conflict, pointed out that India had recognised Palestine in 1980s.
An attack on Sunday had sparked a massive blaze in a tent camp, killing at least 45 Palestinians, more than half of them children, women and the elderly.
An Israeli airstrike Monday triggered a fire in tent camp in Gazan city of Rafah, killing 45. Speaking in parliament, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu says, 'something went tragically wrong'.
Israel threatened major assault on Rafah to defeat thousands of Hamas fighters it says are holed up there, but Western nations & UN have warned it would be humanitarian catastrophe.
Biden administration has been trying to head off full-scale assault by Israelis against Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinian have sought refuge from combat.
The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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