The Congress on Friday issued a brand new assertion on the Israel-Hamas war and condemned Israel’s actions terming them genocidal. The high Israeli management are making statements making the genocidal intent clear and PM Benjamin Netanyahu himself known as for turning elements of Gaza “to rubble”, the Congress assertion famous, urging the Indian authorities to pressurise the governments of the US, Israel and the EU to cease the violence.

In a press release issued by Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh, the celebration stated it’s surprising that many influential international locations are lending their “unstinting support” to Israel’s actions. “The double standards being applied in Ukraine and in Gaza is apparent,” the assertion stated.

“The need of the hour is to de-escalate and to declare a ceasefire immediately. The world cannot watch in silence as a second Nakba unfolds and the ethnic cleansing and dispossession of the Palestinians, as was done in 1948, is carried out once again with impunity,” the assertion learn.

Before Friday’s assertion, the Congress issued a minimum of two statements on the Israel-Hamas difficulty after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. In its first assertion, Congress condemned the assault on Israel and stated violence by no means supplies any answer. After a Congress Working Committee assembly, the celebration issued one other assertion through which it underlined its help of the Palestinian individuals’s proper to “land (and) self-government, and to live with dignity and respect”.

Friday’s assertion got here Gaza’s largest hospital Al Shifa hospital was bombed and the Israel Defense Forces began raiding the hospital suspecting a command centre of the Hamas beneath the hospital. The IDF claimed it had uncovered a Hamas tunnel shaft and a automobile with weapons on the Al Shifa hospital complicated. Gaza well being ministry stated 24 sufferers died within the hospital within the final two days owing to energy cuts because the IDF was combing by means of the hospital on the lookout for Hamas hideouts.

PM Modi condemned the October 7 assault on Israel and warranted Palestine of India’s long-standing ideas place on the Israel-Palestine difficulty. At the Global South Summit on Friday, PM Modi stated, “India has condemned the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7. Along with restraint, we have also emphasised on dialogue and diplomacy. We strongly condemn the deaths of civilians in the conflict between Israel and Hamas”.