Israel-Palestine War: Indian MEA’s Arindam Bagchi issues statement on Hamas attack | Oneindia News

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On the Israel-Gaza conflict, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that there was a universal obligation to observe humanitarian law. He added, "There is also the responsibility to fight the menace of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations."

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00:00 There is a universal obligation, I think, to observe international humanitarian law.

00:04 There is also a global responsibility to fight the menace of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

00:11 And I think that accurately sums up how we look at this.

00:15 As announced by External Affairs Minister yesterday, Operation Ajay has been launched to facilitate

00:21 the return from Israel of our citizens who wish to come back.

00:26 The first charter flight will be reaching Tel Aviv later tonight to pick up Indian citizens

00:31 and is likely to return to India tomorrow morning.

00:35 We will share with you information about further flights as they are finalized.

00:39 This is still an evolving situation.

00:42 You are aware, External Affairs Minister took a preparatory meeting earlier in the day.

00:47 We are also in touch with our embassy in Tel Aviv, our representative office in Ramallah,

00:54 and we are in close contact with our neighboring, the missions in our neighboring, in the neighboring countries there,

00:58 particularly Jordan, Syria, Egypt, etc.

01:02 And we are keeping a close watch on developments as well as what steps we need to take

01:08 to assist Indian citizens who are in Israel.

01:12 Ayushi, you asked about one person, one citizen who was there, I think, injured.

01:19 Yes, we are aware of that case. Of course, we are in touch with them.

01:23 I understand the person is in hospital, but I think it is improving or a better situation.

01:31 We are also, of course, thankfully have not heard of any Indian casualty so far.

01:38 For more information, please visit www.osho.com

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