Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 19 expressed his condolences to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, for the loss of Palestinian lives in their ongoing hostilities with Israel. The PM had previously spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and additionally expressed India’s help to their efforts to defeat terrorism.
Echoing India’s legitimate position, the Opposition Congress celebration additionally expressed help for the rights of the Palestinian people. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge referred to as for an “immediate cease-fire” and for humanitarian help to the humans of the Gaza Strip.
“Spoke to the President of the Palestinian Authority H E Mahmoud Abbas. Conveyed my condolences at the loss of civilian lives at the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. We will proceed to ship humanitarian help for the Palestinian people. Shared our deep difficulty at the terrorism, violence and deteriorating protection scenario in the region. Reiterated India’s long-standing principled function on the Israel-Palestine issue,” Mr. Modi said.
Mr. Abbas heads the Palestinian Authority, which is headquartered in the West Bank metropolis of Ramallah. The Gaza Strip, however, is managed by means of the Hamas militant group. Since the bombing of the Al Ahli medical institution in Gaza City on October 17, the West Bank has witnessed fundamental protests in opposition to Israel’s navy marketing campaign in opposition to the Gaza Strip.
Indian leaders have maintained communications with each facets in the conflict, which erupted when Hamas attacked Israeli pursuits on October 7 in an unprecedented, multi-level operation that killed almost 1,300 humans and took about two hundred Israelis and foreigners hostage.
Apart from Mr. Modi’s non-public conversations with Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Abbas, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has additionally spoken to his counterparts from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Faisal Bin Farhan and Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. It is understood that India’s dialog with different stakeholders is aimed at growing a community of communicate to foster a answer to the modern disaster and make certain the health of the hostages.
The PM had reached out to Israel without delay after the October 7 assault and condemned the killings by using Hamas. This was once supplemented with the aid of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), which reiterated that India continues to are seeking for a two-state answer the place a sovereign Palestinian State will exist facet by using facet with Israel.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi repeated the name for speak on October 19 in the course of the weekly press briefing. He additionally highlighted India’s humanitarian help to the Palestinian people, pronouncing that $29.53 million has been contributed to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees.
India’s professional role was once echoed through Mr. Kharge, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. The Congress chief stated the bombing of the Al Ahli health facility was once “unjustifiable”, and referred to as the perpetrators to be held accountable.
“The Indian National Congress repeats its name for an on the spot cease-fire and for humanitarian help to the beleaguered humans of Gaza. It calls upon all aspects to abandon the direction of dispassionate violence and fighting and start the procedure of negotiations and diplomacy so that the aspirations of the Palestinian human beings are fulfilled and the safety issues of Israel are additionally ensured,” Mr. Kharge said, emphasising that Palestinians deserve a “life of dignity, self-respect and equality in a sovereign State of their own.”
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi additionally commented on the situation, describing the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and the taking of hostage by way of Hamas as “crimes towards humanity”.
“The killing of hundreds of harmless civilians, which include children, in Gaza and the collective punishment of tens of millions of human beings by using slicing off their food, water and electrical energy are crimes towards humanity. Hamas’ killing of harmless Israelis and taking of hostages is a crime and ought to additionally be condemned. The cycle of violence between Israel and Palestine should be introduced to an end,” Mr. Gandhi said.
While each Mr. Kharge and Mr. Gandhi criticised Hamas and the Israeli navy forces for focused on harmless civilians, neither specially blamed Israel for the bombings at the Al Ahli sanatorium at Gaza.