Assam Rifles and officials of the Customs Preventive Force of Champhai district in Mizoram recovered a consignment of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 22,78,400 during a search operation in the general area of Zokhawthar, officials said on Monday.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva compared Israel's ongoing operation in Gaza to the 'Holocaust' against the Palestinian people, a remark that left Tel Aviv 'livid' as it hit back, calling the remarks "shameful," the Times of Israel reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on February 17 to rising pleas from world leaders to avoid a ground operation in Rafah, remarking that 'doing so would mean losing the war against Hamas,' reported by The Times of Israel.
Detailing the rescue operation in Gaza's southern Rafah neighbourhood, Israel Defence Force (IDF) spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that it was a joint operation of the IDF with Shin Bet security service and the Special Police Unit.
The UAE has expressed deep concern regarding preparations by the Israeli military to launch an operation in the Rafah area, in the south of the Gaza Strip populated by displaced Palestinians, and the serious humanitarian repercussions that may result from the operation.
In the latest operation to capture terrorists, which lasted for more than 16 hours, hundreds of IDF reservists and special forces soldiers overnight completed a counter-terrorism operation in the village of Hussan in the Etzion Brigade, located to the south of Jerusalem by Bethlehem.
The International Court of Justice will on Friday rule whether or not to grant emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led "genocide."
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday met the family members of Lance Naik Sanjay Bisht, who lost his life during an encounter operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district recently.
BSF and Tripura police, in a joint operation in Tripura's Sepahijala district, recovered and seized a total of 88 sacks of sugar and 11 sacks of onions, which had been illegally stored to smuggle them to neighbouring Bangladesh at a higher price.
The Romeo Force of the Indian Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu-Kashmir Police conducted search operations in Poonch district on Saturday, police said.