Gaza Airstrikes

Friday, May 17, 2024 | Last Update : 08:02 AM IST

This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows buildings previously destroyed by Israeli strikes, on March 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)

AA Edit | Will Gaza ceasefire call work?

Hope for peace in Gaza as UN resolution calls for ceasefire amid escalating tensions

27 Mar 2024 12:05 AM

Indians in the U.S. Forge Solidarity Across Struggles for Secularism and Against Imperialism. (File Image: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Aakar Patel | Desis in America show solidarity for secular India, Palestinian rights

Solidarity Meeting in the U.S.: Uniting Struggles for Secularism in India and Against Imperialism in Palestine

26 Feb 2024 11:17 PM

Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2024 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Keep migrants safe as they seek jobs in conflict zones

Last May, Israel and India officially signed an agreement that allows 42,000 Indians to work in Israel in construction and nursing.

07 Feb 2024 12:04 AM

A picture taken from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke rising over buildings in Khan Yunis during Israeli bombardment on February 2, 2024, as fighting continues between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Shashi Warrier | Is it always so wrong to sit on the fence?

Friendship tested, opinions clashed: A tense encounter between two guests sparks a heated debate on religion, politics, and global conflicts

04 Feb 2024 12:20 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | How talk about Gaza ‘genocide’ by Bibi’s Israel roils UK politics

The withholding of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and electricity to the population of Gaza is motivated by three historical divides.

03 Feb 2024 12:57 AM

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 26, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Wars move West to East: Ukraine, Gaza to Red Sea

These conflicts will now adversely affect its trade and profits as commercial shipping faces attacks and expensive detours.

29 Jan 2024 12:05 AM

A picture taken from southern Israel on the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over the Palestinian territory during Israeli bombardment on January 18, 2024, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

AA Edit | Iran-Pak row widens conflict

Escalating tensions demand urgent ceasefires in Ukraine and Gaza to prevent a broader global crisis.

19 Jan 2024 1:48 AM

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | After wars in Gaza, Ukraine… blasts in Iran: Despite old ties, I won’t go back there

I still believe its support for Ukraine is necessary and its support for the genocide of innocents in Gaza is deplorable.

06 Jan 2024 12:39 AM

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. In recent days, Israeli tanks have rumbled into southern Gaza, starting with Khan Younis. It marks a grim new chapter in the war that the Gaza Health Ministry says has already killed over 17,000 Palestinians and the U.N. estimates has displaced 1.9 million people. AP/PTI

AA Edit | World must persuade Israel to stop Gaza war

No strategic and military tactic is off the table, including the planned use of giant pumps to fill the tunnels under Gaza City with water.

09 Dec 2023 12:30 AM

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. AP/PTI

Saeed Naqvi | After war in Gaza, Israel will enter new world order, minus hegemon?

The media space was saturated with rocket attacks on Kabul, boosting Islamophobia sky-high.

04 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaks during a press briefing on the Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India in a bind at Brics & G-20 over Gaza waffling

Surprisingly, no peaceful demonstration has taken place near the Israeli or US missions in India.

25 Nov 2023 12:02 AM

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. AP/PTI

AA Edit | Only ‘2 states’ can bring durable peace in Mideast

The recent humanitarian pause and agreement to exchange hostages agreed to by both Israel and Hamas are a blip on the radar & nothing more.

24 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

The external affairs ministry admits that a record 225,620 Indians renounced their citizenship last year. (AA File Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Create jobs at home, give Indians a brighter future

Tel Aviv has cancelled the Palestinians’ work permits as much to punish them for Hamas’ savage attack on Israel

23 Nov 2023 11:58 PM

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | Fragile Gaza ceasefire is still better than war

It is being reported that for every additional 10 hostages released there would be another day of lull in the fighting

23 Nov 2023 12:09 AM

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (Image: PTI)

Gaza crisis triggered by Hamas attack: EAM

Says humanitarian laws must be upheld; decries casualties

22 Nov 2023 12:58 AM

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | A whiff of relief for Gaza

The universal calls for a ceasefire will and must go on in the belief that it might just register on the Israelis

11 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | The mess in Gaza: Will Israel’s war create many more groups like Hamas?

Hamas knew precisely what the October 7 atrocities would bring about.

11 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. (Twitter)

Saeed Naqvi | Decoding Blinken’s frenetic diplomacy in Mideast & role of Hezbollah’s chief

Iran, Hezbollah and the entire Shia arc, was cajoled and threatened not to expand the conflict.

08 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

Fire and smoke rises from buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. AP/PTI

Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war: Does expansion loom large?

The world cannot afford any more bloodletting of such proportions

07 Nov 2023 12:11 AM

Palestinians inspect the damage of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. AP/PTI

Manish Tewari | To foil wider conflict, Israel must stop sacking of Gaza

Is a disproportionately asymmetric conventional response to an outrage perpetrated by semi-state actors warranted?

05 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

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