Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, on Sunday recalled the contributions made by the veterans of the armed forces and committed to creating a nation where veterans and their families thrive.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh led the celebrations of the eighth Armed Forces Veterans' Day by addressing a Veterans' Rally at Air Force Station in Kanpur on Sunday.
s Israelis prepared to mark 100 days of captivity for the hostages abducted by Hamas on Sunday, the Israel Defence Forces said soldiers destroyed launch pits used by Hamas to fire rockets at Israel.
Without fanfare, the Israel Defense Forces is transitioning from phase 2 in the war against Hamas--the high-intensity stage of surging ground forces throughout Gaza--to phase 3, involving far more targeted operations, with a focus on the south of the strip.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to ex-servicemen of the country and acknowledged the nation's affection towards soldiers during Armed Forces Veterans' Day celebrations in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, more than 2,650 wanted terrorists have been arrested throughout Judea and Samaria and the Jordan and Valley areas, approximately 1,300 of whom are associated with the terrorist organisation Hamas.
In a major step towards thwarting Pakistan's attempts to increase terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army is launching Operation Sarvashakti, where the security forces will be targeting the terrorists operating on both sides of the Pir Panjal mountain ranges in the Unio
"The killed terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area including target killing of innocent civilians," the ISPR stated.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday called Mahatma Gandhi 'a great strategist' and said that the revered Indian leader knew the importance of utilising soft power against the brute forces during the freedom struggle.
Hamas "opted to invest precious resources in building terrorist infrastructure used to harm Israeli civilians and IDF forces, while cynically exploiting the civilian population in the Gaza Strip," the military statement said.