India abstained from the UN vote calling for a truce in Israel without mentioning Hamas

India abstained from the UN vote calling for a truce in Israel without mentioning Hamas

India supported Canada’s proposal to amend the resolution to include condemnation of Hamas attack. But the amendment failed to pass majority test. India on Friday abstained from voting on a resolution in the United Nations that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The resolution drafted by Jordan also called for unhindered humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip but had no mention of Hamas. Canada proposed an amendment that a paragraph condemning the ‘terrorist attacks by Hamas’ be inserted. India voted in favour of Canada’s proposed…

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Biden: Hamas and Vladimir Putin Aim to Destabilize Neighboring Democracies

Biden: Hamas and Vladimir Putin Aim to Destabilize Neighboring Democracies

Joe Biden said that he would ask Congress on Friday to approve massive funding to help Ukraine and Israel. In an address to the nation from the Oval Office, US President Joe Biden on Friday said Hamas and Russia are both out to “annihilate” democracies. “The terror and tyranny of Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy,” Biden said. Biden said that If international aggression continues, then “conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world.” The US president said…

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Hamas commander vows to end Israeli occupation in ‘Greatest Battle’

Hamas commander vows to end Israeli occupation in 'Greatest Battle'

Palestinian fighters have launched the largest attack on Israel in years, infiltrating areas of southern Israel amid a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip that killed at least one woman and injured 15 others, Israeli medical workers said according to Al Jazeera. The rocket fire began from multiple locations in Gaza starting at 06:30am local time (03:30 GMT) on Saturday and continued for nearly half an hour, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported. Military commander, later announced the start of a military operation in a broadcast on Hamas…

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Netanyahu: Israel at war with Hamas after Gaza rocket attacks

Netanyahu: Israel at war with Hamas after Gaza rocket attacks

Israel declared a ‘state of war’ and launched air strikes on Gaza strip following a surprise rocket attack. At least 22 killed, over 200 wounded in Hamas rocket attacks Israel declared a ‘state of war’ and launched air strikes on Gaza strip following a surprise rocket attack by Palestine’s Hamas militants which claimed that it was only their “first strike”. Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement following the attacks that the country is at war. “We are at war and we will win,” he asserted, adding, “Not…

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Gazans bury dead after bloodiest day of Israel border protests

The death toll in the protests on Monday, in which Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, reached 60 overnight and one person was reported killed on Tuesday. The center of Gaza City was calm after the militant group Hamas, which rules the territory, called for a general strike. The number of protesters was a fraction of what it had been the day before as Hamas scaled down the demonstrations but held out the threat of military action. Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Tuesday for the funerals of scores of…

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