✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
‘No one will preach us’: Israel says no water, electricity for Gaza until hostages are freed
Hamas militants have been holding around 150 people, including children, women and young girls, hostages since Saturday when they launched a brutal ground assault in Israel.
“Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home. Humanitarian for humanitarian. And no one will preach us morals,” he said in a tweet in Hebrew.
Earlier this week, Israel announced a complete siege of the Gaza Strip, cutting off water, food, fuel and electricity supply to the blockaded region on the southern border of Israel.
1. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar chaired a meeting to review preparations for “Operation Ajay”. The operation is meant to bring back Indian citizens stuck in Israel. External Affairs Ministry said a charter flight will reach Israel’s Tel Aviv.
The first chartered flight is expected to bring back around 230 people from Israel on Friday under Operation Ajay.
2. India and France discuss ways to deepen defence-industrial cooperation in 5th Annual Defence Dialogue in Paris. They discussed potential collaboration in niche domains such as space, cyber and Artificial Intelligence.
3. Ninth G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) is all set to begin in New Delhi today. In line with the theme of India’s G20 Presidency, the theme of the P20 Summit is Parliaments for One Earth, One Family, One Future.
4. 8th BRICS International Competition Conference began in New Delhi today. The two-day conference organized by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) is based on the theme of New Issues in competition law and policy dimensions, Perspectives, and Challenges.
5. A Canadian immigration tribunal has ruled that a Sikh man who provided shelter and sustenance to Khalistani militants in India for over a decade should be permitted to enter Canada.
6. Canadian Senate Speaker Raymonde Gagné on Thursday stayed away from the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) hosted by India amid a diplomatic row between the two countries, though Ottawa had earlier confirmed it would attend the meet.
7. Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party chairman and lawmaker Rabi Lamichhane on Thursday asked the government to brief Parliament about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Gunji, the bordering area of Darchula district, which he claimed as part of the Nepalese territory.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv amid the ongoing conflict between Israel with Hamas.
2. The ongoing Israel-Gaza war has claimed nearly 2200 lives. The death toll in Israel alone has reached 1,200 including 155 soldiers, while more than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the terrorists launched a surprise attack.
3. Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to provide 338 million to Bangladesh for manufacturing vaccines against various diseases.
4. Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad on Wednesday demanded special security measures during the pre- and post-polling periods of the upcoming national election.
5. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukrainian troops were holding their ground in the eastern town of Avdiivka, where fighting with Russian forces has intensified this week.
6. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been cautioned by the United States and its allies against escalating the conflict in Israel.
7. Israel’s outgoing Health Minister Moshe Arbel has instructed all public hospitals to stop treating Hamas terrorists, he announced in a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
8. Syria’s state television reports that Israel launched attacks on the main airports in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday.
9. Israeli energy minister says that electricity and fuel will not be allowed to return to Gaza until Israeli hostages are released by Hamas. “No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter,” says energy minister Israel Katz. Israel has halted the entry of food, water, fuel and medicine into the territory.
10. Israel’s military has killed senior Hamas naval commander. The US announced it is working with Egypt and Israel to open up safe corridors to get civilians out of Gaza. The war, which has claimed more than 2,400 lives on both sides, is expected to escalate.
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