“Spoke to Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh this night,” he stated. (File)
New Delhi:
Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Saturday. Jaishankar reiterated India’s long-standing place on Palestine.
In the course of the telephonic dialog, Mohammad Shtayyeh expressed deep concern on the scenario in Gaza and the West Financial institution. The 2 leaders agreed to stay in contact.
Taking to X, Jaishankar said, “Spoke to Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh this night. He expressed deep concern on the scenario in each Gaza and the West Financial institution. Reiterated India’s long-standing place on Palestine. Agreed to stay in contact.”
India’s place concerning the Palestine situation has been “longstanding and constant,” Ministry of Exterior Affairs Arindam Bagchi stated in a press briefing on October 12.
Arindam Bagchi stated, “India has all the time advocated the resumption of direct negotiations in the direction of establishing a sovereign, unbiased and viable state of Palestine residing inside safe and recognised borders facet by facet at peace with Israel. That place stays the identical.”
Earlier in October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas and expressed his condolences over the lack of lives at Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza.
PM Modi additionally reaffirmed India’s dedication to offer the Palestinian folks with humanitarian help whereas reiterating India’s long-standing principled place on the Israel-Palestine situation.
“Spoke to the President of the Palestinian Authority H.E. Mahmoud Abbas. Conveyed my condolences on the lack of civilian lives on the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. We are going to proceed to ship humanitarian help for the Palestinian folks,” posted PM Modi on X.
Notably, the combating between Israel and Hamas in Gaza continues, because the Israel Defence Forces stated its 98th Division continues to struggle with Hamas in Gaza’s Khan Younis. The Israeli Air Power carried out strikes on the websites of the phobia group, The Occasions of Israel reported.
Based on the IDF, troops of the Golani Infantry Brigade’s 12th Battalion raided a mosque within the Khan Younis space, the place Hamas operatives have been current, in keeping with The Occasions of Israel report. The IDF stated an explosive machine was detonated close to the forces and troopers directed an assault helicopter to hold out a strike towards Hamas operatives on the roof of the mosque.
The IDF stated that an IAF fighter jet destroyed the mosque together with the tunnel infrastructure beneath it. In the meantime, the elite Maglan unit recognized three Hamas operatives popping out of a tunnel shaft in central Khan Younis and firing RPGs on the troops, in keeping with IDF.
The IDF stated Maglan troops additionally performed drone strikes on further Hamas operatives and tunnel shafts within the space. The IDF stated that the elite Duvdevan unit discovered a Hamas command room, which was utilized by terrorists to assault troopers, in keeping with The Occasions of Israel report.
Based on IDF, the Duvdevan troopers performed an assault on the constructing, and an IAF fighter jet performed strikes on one other Hamas cell within the space. The IDF stated troops of the Givati Infantry Brigade killed numerous Hamas operatives and located quite a few tunnel shafts in southern Gaza.
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