India strongly condemned the fear assault by Hamas on October 7 final yr.

“At the same time, we must be clear that terrorism and hostage-taking are unacceptable,” he mentioned in his handle through video hyperlink from New Delhi.

He mentioned that worldwide humanitarian regulation should all the time be revered.

“It is vital that the conflict does not spread within or beyond the region,” he mentioned, including that the efforts should additionally give attention to in search of a two-state answer the place Palestinian individuals can stay inside Israelis.

Speaking at an interactive session on the Munich Security Conference earlier this month, Jaishankar had highlighted India’s long-held place on the Palestine concern.

“Certainly India has long believed in a two-state solution. We have maintained that position for many decades and, I think, today many more countries in the world feel not just that the two-state solution is necessary, but it is more urgent than it was before,” he mentioned.

Israel has stepped up its army offensive in Gaza as a part of its retaliation to the unprecedented assault on Israeli cities by Hamas militants on October 7.

Hamas killed round 1,200 individuals in Israel and kidnapped greater than 220 others a few of whom have been launched throughout a short ceasefire.

Nearly 30,000 individuals have been killed in Gaza within the Israeli offensive, in response to authorities there.

India has been calling for de-escalation of the state of affairs and creating situations for an early resumption of direct peace negotiations in the direction of a two-state answer to the Palestine concern.