India supports 'Palestinian cause', condemns Hamas' attack against Israel

NEW DELHI: India has broken its silence on the Israel-Palestine hostility and called for an immediate de-escalation of the situation between the two countries and also reiterates strong support to "just Palestinian cause".

“Immediate de-escalation is the need of the hour, so as to arrest any further slide towards the brink. We urge both sides to show extreme restraint, desist from actions that exacerbate tensions, and refrain from attempts to unilaterally change the existing status quo, including in East Jerusalem and its neighborhood,” T.S. Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the U.N. told the Security Council on Sunday in a virtual meeting.

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Tirumurthi also mourns the death of an Indian national in Israel in rocket attacks and of all others.

India condemned the "indiscriminate rocket firing from Gaza" targeting civilians of Israel as well as Israel's retaliatory strike on Gaza as these had caused death including women and children.

Earlier this week, India had shown concern over the possible evictions of East Jerusalem.

"In both these meetings, we had expressed our deep concern over the violence in Jerusalem, especially on Haram Al-Sharif/ Temple Mount during the holy month of Ramadan [Ramzan], and about the possible eviction process in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem, an area which is part of an arrangement facilitated by the UN," said Tirumurti.

Worth mentioning that India was not among the countries in a tweet released by Israel official thanking for supporting Israel's right to self-defense against "terrorist attacks".

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