The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas discovered reference after Saturday’s ODI World Cup 2023 India-Pakistan cricket match with the Israeli ambassador to India Naor Gilon expressing happiness on the Pakistani group’s defeat. Mr. Gilon’s uncommon social media message got here at the same time as India intensified evacuation of citizens from Israel with two flights scheduled over the weekend underneath Operation Ajay.

“We are happy that India emerged victorious in the #IndiavsPAK match at #CWC23 and that Pakistan was unable to attribute its victory to the terrorists of Hamas. We are really moved by Indian friends showing their solidarity with Israel by displaying posters during the match,” stated Mr. Gilon in a message on X (previously Twitter).

Pakistan witnessed several anti-Israel rallies on Friday when Hamas had referred to as for a worldwide “day of rage” protest in opposition to the Israeli counter assault on the Gaza Strip.

Last weekend, the Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on southern and central Israel killing not less than 1,300 folks in a number of hours and injuring a whole bunch extra. According to Israeli sources, a whole bunch of Israelis are lacking because the assault and are presumed to have been taken by Hamas as hostages.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was prompt in condemning the attack by Hamas however the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) elaborated on the nuanced Indian place additional on Thursday and expressed India’s dedication to struggle terror whereas reiterating New Delhi’s “long-standing and consistent” support for Palestinian statehood.

“India always advocated the resumption of direct negotiations towards establishing a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine within secure and recognised borders, side by side, at peace with Israel,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had stated. This was adopted by a telephonic dialog between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Saudi counterpart Faisal Bin Farhan Friday night.

The deteriorating safety scenario in Israel has jeopardised the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of Indians residing in that nation prompting the Government of India to launch Operation Ajay.

On Saturday, the Embassy of India in Tel Aviv introduced two extra flights scheduled for the weekend underneath the initiative that’s utilizing chartered plane to convey again Indians. More flights are anticipated to be pressed into the duty over the subsequent few days. The chartered plane are needed as common flights from India to Israel have been suspended in view of the safety scenario in Israel.

SpiceJet has joined the Central authorities’s ‘Operation Ajay’ to facilitate the repatriation of stranded Indians from Israel. The airline has initiated its inaugural particular evacuation flight from Tel Aviv, utilising its Airbus A340 wide-body plane. Flight SG9995, designated because the evacuation flight, took off from Amritsar for Tel Aviv Saturday night.

(With inputs from Jagriti Chandra)