The Israel Police reported on what it called a "large-scale fraud" committed in the name of Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers. A suspect in Jerusalem was arrested and indicted in what police described as "sophisticated fraud crimes" with an estimated value of half a million Shekels, while
"Our Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and our Missions in Tel Aviv and Ramallah are extending all assistance in the repatriation of mortal remains to India and continue to be in touch with relevant authorities regarding the investigation into the incident," the Ministry of External
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit China on Thursday, marking his second visit in less than a year as the conflict escalates in Gaza and Ukraine, according to CNN.
A retired Indian Army Officer working for the UN in Gaza has been killed while travelling in a vehicle to a hospital in the Khan Younis area from the Rafah region.
In addition, overnight an IDF soldier in the Rotem Battalion of the Givati Infantry Brigade was seriously wounded in combat in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Independence Day celebrations were attended by the Infosys founder, N R Narayanamurthy, Karnataka leader of opposition in Legislative assembly, R Ashok, Israel Consul General to India, Tammy Ben-Haim, and many others.
Amid Israel's military action in Gaza against Hamas, India has strongly condemned the civilian deaths in the ongoing conflict and said that the resulting humanitarian crisis in the region is "simply unacceptable."
A United Nations agency tracking Gaza's casualty figures reduced by half the number of women and children killed in the Strip since October 7, raising questions about conflict's true death toll.
"Why is it OK for America to drop two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end their existential threat war? Why was it OK for us to do that? I thought it was OK," Graham said. He added, "So, Israel, do whatever you have to do to survive as a Jewish state. Whatever you have to do."<