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."<
"We believe Israel can and must do more to ensure the protection and well-being of innocent civilians. We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide. We have been firmly on record rejecting that proposition," Sullivan told reporters at the White House.