The Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Sunday alleged that the terror group Hamas is blocking the evacuation of civilians in the Gaza Strip ahead of the possible ground offensive by Israel after the deadly attacks on October 7.
Union Minister of State General (Retd) VK Singh informed that more flights will be carried out to evacuate the Indian citizens amid the situation in Israel.
'Operation Ajay' was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back around 18,000 Indians in Israel. Registration of Indians began on Thursday.
Under 'Operation Ajay', the fourth flight with 274 Indians onboard departed from Israel in the early hours of Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
Amid the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza strip, which has claimed thousands of lives on both sides including civilians, a PhD student from Ranchi Vineeta Ghosh, stranded in Israel was evacuated to her home in Ranchi on Saturday.
Indian Air Force (IAF) evacuated over 1700 persons and the rescue operations will continue in flood-affected areas of Sikkim, the IAF officials said on Saturday.
Indian Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai, the Maritime search and rescue coordinator on the Indian Western Coast evacuated a Chinese crew on board a Panama-flagged vessel MT Hua Wei 8 on Saturday due to severe medical conditions.
As the evacuation of Indian citizens continues from Tel Aviv, all the other countries have also begun the process of evacuating their citizens from Israel.
Guterres in an opinion article in The New York Times emphasized that such demand for a mass evacuation on extremely short notice could have devastating humanitarian consequences.
The WHO has "joined the wider United Nations in appealing to Israel to immediately rescind orders for the evacuation of over 1 million people living north of Wadi Gaza," it said in an official statement.