New Delhi: The Ministry of External affairs of India on Wednesday in his statement on recent airstrikes in Gaza said that the situation is concerning and stressed upon the importance of the release of the hostages.
MEA gave a call for the supply of humanitarian assistance to continue for the people of Gaza.
The statement also reads, “We are concerned at the situation in Gaza. It is important that all hostages are released. We also call for the supply of humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza to be sustained.”
In the early hours of Tuesday, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) had announced about conducting “extensive strikes on terror targets belonging to Hamas” in the Gaza Strip.
The IDF said, “In accordance with the political echelon, the IDF and ISA are currently conducting extensive strikes on terror targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.”
In a series of posts on X, the Israel Prime Minister’s Office explained that the strikes were conducted after the instructions from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz, due to Hamas’s repeated refusal to release hostages, its rejection of all of the proposals received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators.
“Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength”, the Prime Minister’s Office wrote on X.