Mark Sofer, former Israeli Ambassador to India, highlighted the issue of ongoing tensions in West Asia, specifically the conflicts between Israel and Gaza. He emphasised the crucial need for a clear exit strategy and a future for the Palestinian people once Gaza is vacated by Israel.
At least 16 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were killed and dozens injured today in an Israeli airstrike targeting a hospital sheltering displaced families in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
President Joe Biden held a "direct," 30-minute phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, their first conversation in almost two months and a chance to confer over Israel's planned response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack.
The couple killed in Wednesday's rocket barrage to the northern Israeli city Kiryat Shmona are Revital Yehud, 45, and Dvir Sharvit, 43. The couple moved to Kiryat Shmona just two years ago.
President Joe Biden dialled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, reaffirming the United States "ironclad commitment to Israel's security."
Following the sirens that sounded in the areas of Upper Galilee and Haifa Bay, approximately 40 projectile launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israel territory. Some of the projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force, a number have fallen in the area, the Israel
As tensions escalate in West Asia, the Deputy spokesperson of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that India has a "voice of reason" and at a time like this it could act in the region, describing the country as an important partner.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 36 people have been killed, and 150 others wounded as a result of Israeli attacks on Lebanon in the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of casualties since the beginning of the events to 2,119 dead and 10,019 wounded.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the country's forces have successfully targeted and eliminated potential successors to the recently deceased Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
The Arab League unequivocally condemned what it termed "barbaric Israeli aggression against Lebanon," stressing the need for an immediate end to hostilities.
Actor Madhura Naik recalled her family's harrowing encounter with Hamas terrorists last year in Israel and said that it was the darkest day for her family.
The Israeli Army noted that rocket sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Galilee along with other central towns last night, with massive destruction seen in cities like Haifa.