International Relations

UN implemented the most important Article 99 in Gaza, said- Gaza will never be the same as before

Thursday, 7 December 2023

United Nations (UN) Chief Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter in view of the seriousness of the ongoing war in Gaza.

This article is considered the most important provision of the United Nations. Under which the Secretary-General of the United Nations "brings to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may endanger international peace and security."

This is considered the most powerful provision of the United Nations Charter.

This article has been used only nine times in the history of the United Nations and has not been used for decades.

The United Nations has been warning for weeks about the humanitarian catastrophe being caused by the war in Gaza and appealing for it to be stopped, but now on Wednesday, 6 December 2023, Antonio Guterres issued one of his most powerful distress signals. Has been implemented so that the attention of member countries can be focused on this crisis and humanitarian ceasefire can be implemented.

Most of the members of the UN Council are in support of the ceasefire but America, which is a close ally of Israel and has a veto in the UN, is not in support of this ceasefire.

Antonio Guterres wrote to council members that "everyone living in Gaza is living in grave danger because no place in Gaza is safe anymore".

He also wrote that the entire health system of Gaza has collapsed because hospitals have been turned into battlefields.

People do not even have the necessities to survive and amidst all this Israel is continuously bombing.

Antonio Guterres says that Gaza's public order will be completely destroyed.

The UN says that considering the kind of devastation taking place in Gaza, it seems very difficult that Gaza will ever go back to the way it was before.

Antonio Guterres concluded his letter by writing that the international community has a responsibility to "use all its influence to prevent and end this crisis from worsening" and reiterated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire.

People are dying in Gaza, India should stand with what is right: Priyanka Gandhi

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has said that Israel is continuously bombing Gaza in a barbaric manner, India is a part of the international community and hence it should stand up for what is right.

Priyanka Gandhi wrote on Thursday, December 7, 2023, that India has always stood for justice and the long struggle of the Palestinians and their freedom. He should do the same even now.

Priyanka Gandhi wrote, "Gaza is being mercilessly bombed. Today the situation is worse than before the ceasefire. Food supplies are hard to come by, medical facilities have been destroyed and basic amenities are nonexistent. An entire country is being wiped out. 16,000 people have died, including 10,000 children. More than 60 journalists have died. These people are being killed in front of our eyes, where is the humanity?''

''India has always stood for what is right on the international stage. We fought for sanctions against South Africa's apartheid regime, we supported our brothers and sisters in Palestine from the beginning in their long struggle for freedom, and now we are doing nothing while genocide is taking place. As a member of the international community, India has a duty to stand for what is right. “We must do whatever we can to bring about a ceasefire.”

Israel calls UN Secretary General's appeal a 'new level of moral degradation'

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan has expressed strong displeasure over the ceasefire appeal made by the Secretary General of the United Nations.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had appealed to Israel for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. Israel has expressed displeasure over this and demanded his resignation.

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said: "Today the Secretary-General reached a new level of moral degradation."

Gilad Erdan said that the appeal for ceasefire is actually an appeal to maintain Hamas' terror in Gaza.

Gilad Erdan said, "The attitude of the UN Secretary General is only to prolong the war in Gaza because it will give Hamas terrorists hope that the war will stop and they will be able to escape."

Israel-Gaza war: On allegations of bias, UN said, we have only one side and that is to save people's lives

Thursday, 7 December 2023

The United Nations has rejected accusations of being partisan in the Israel-Gaza conflict, insisting that it has 'only one side and that is to save lives'.

On Wednesday, 6 December 2023, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote a letter to the members of the Security Council, in which he talked about using an article of the United Nations which has not been used in decades. He appealed to the Security Council to help avert a major humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Israel accused him of stooping further and said it showed he was being partisan.

Speaking on a BBC Radio 4 programme, Antonio Guterres's spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said it was rare for the secretary-general to call for an article but that he had no other option because "human suffering" had crossed the limits.

Israel-Gaza war: Israeli troops reach the center of Khan Yunis, fierce fighting continues with Hamas fighters

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Israel's military says its troops are fighting Hamas fighters in Khan Yunis, the main city in southern Gaza.

Israel's army claims that a big leader of Hamas is hiding here.

Israel has also agreed to slightly increase fuel supplies to southern Gaza following international pressure over the plight of Gaza's people due to continuous bombing.

On the night of Wednesday, 6 December 2023, Israeli ministers approved the entry of more fuel into Gaza.

BBC's Middle East correspondent Yolande Nel said that Israel's army has reached the center of Khan Yunis.

On the other hand, the armed wing of Hamas says that the fighting is becoming fierce. Whereas the Israeli army has now reached the house of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.

He and other top officials are believed to be hiding in underground tunnels. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that capturing the Hamas leader is only a matter of time.

On the other hand, a senior UN official has warned that two months into the war, "the situation in Gaza is becoming catastrophic, as the fighting escalates, with hundreds of thousands of people trapped in a small area in the south". "Meaningful human efforts" have now become almost impossible.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the Security Council, using the power given by the UN Charter, to take action on the Gaza war.

So far the Security Council has failed to support any resolution calling for a complete ceasefire.

22 members of Al Jazeera correspondent's family killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

Thursday, 7 December 2023

News channel Al Jazeera has reported that 22 members of the family of one of its journalists were killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza's Jabaliya Refugee Camp.

A statement issued by Al Jazeera said that the house where members of Momin al-Sharafi's family had taken shelter was targeted on Wednesday, 6 December 2023.

Momin al-Sharafi's mother, his father, three siblings and several of his children were killed in the attack.

Earlier in October 2023, the wife, son, daughter and grandson of another Al Jazeera journalist, Wael al-Dahdaoui, died in the central Gaza area.

Hamas claims - 178 Palestinians died in Israeli attack

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has resumed after a seven-day ceasefire.

Both Israel and Hamas are blaming each other that because of them the ceasefire could not be extended.

Meanwhile, Hamas' Health Ministry has said that 178 Palestinians have died so far since Israel resumed bombing in Gaza.

Israel also said it had struck 200 "terrorist targets".

A source close to the talks related to extending the ceasefire told the BBC that an agreement to extend the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Qatar could not be reached.

However, America has said that it is still trying to stop the conflict between the two.

Death of sixth Israeli hostage captured by Hamas confirmed

Saturday, December 2, 2023

The deaths of six of the Israelis held hostage by Hamas have been confirmed.

The death of Ofra Kidar, 70, who lived in Gaza, has been confirmed on Friday, 1 December 2023.

She was out on a walk on October 7, 2023, when she was taken hostage. She was somehow able to call her family.

Ofra Kidar had told that Hamas people were going to shoot her. Her husband Sami was also shot in their home.

Ofra Kidar's daughter somehow saved her life by hiding. BBC had earlier reported the death of five more Israelis captured by Hamas. These included people ranging from 26 years to 85 years.

Humanitarian aid to Gaza halted after Israel-Hamas ceasefire, UN warns

Saturday, December 2, 2023

No aid has reached Gaza since the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended.

This information has been given by the United Nations Relief Agency (UNRWA) working for Palestinian refugees.

UNRWA spokeswoman Juliet Touma told the BBC that she feared a return to the situation that existed weeks ago, where Gaza was under complete blockade and siege.

Juliet Touma said that continued efforts are being made to restart humanitarian aid and achieve a ceasefire.

Juliet Touma said that we are standing on the cusp of a tsunami of human rights violations in Gaza.

First batch of humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza after Israel-Hamas ceasefire ends

Saturday, December 2, 2023

The Palestinian Red Crescent says trucks loaded with humanitarian aid have been allowed into the Gaza Strip for the first time since the collapse of the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Friday, 1 December 2023.

About 50 such trucks have been allowed to enter Gaza from the Rafah border.

Aid agencies still report severe shortages in supplies.

Sources in the Egyptian Security Agency and the Palestinian Red Crescent told news agency Reuters that these trucks will be checked at the Aujja crossing before reaching the Gaza Strip.

Before the war, aid agencies had said that 100 trucks of aid goods would be needed daily to meet the needs of the Gaza population.

193 people killed in Gaza since ceasefire ended: Hamas

Saturday, December 2, 2023

The Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza says 193 people have been killed there since Israel resumed attacks on Friday, December 1, 2023.

It has been told that since the end of the seven-day ceasefire, 652 people have also been injured.

According to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, the number of people killed in Gaza has exceeded 15 thousand and more than 40 thousand people have been injured.

The Health Ministry says 70 percent of those killed are women and children.

Attempt for ceasefire once again in Gaza, French President Macron will go to Qatar

Saturday, December 2, 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron said during the COP-28 climate change summit that he would travel to Qatar to try to renew a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Emmanuel Macron said, "This situation demands redoubled efforts to reach a lasting ceasefire and to ensure the release of all those held hostage by Hamas."

Emmanuel Macron also said, "It is also important to provide the people of Gaza with the assistance they urgently need."

President Macron said that "Israel should make clear its intention to completely destroy Hamas because this could prolong the war for the next ten years."

Israel orders ceasefire negotiators to return from Qatar

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Israel's intelligence agency Mossad has said that Israeli intelligence officers have been ordered to leave Qatar after ceasefire talks reached an impasse.

A statement issued from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said, "Mossad chief David Barnia has asked his team to return to Israel from Qatar on the instructions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

It said, "The terrorist organization Hamas has not fulfilled its part of the agreement. This also included ensuring the release of all children and women according to a list given to Hamas."

Qatar has been mediating between Hamas and Israel since the war began, most recently playing a key role in a week-long temporary ceasefire, which was extended twice, and in the release of hostages during that period.

Ceasefire agreement ends, war begins between Hamas and Israel

Friday, December 1, 2023

The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has ended. Israel has said that fighting has resumed.

Thursday, 30 November 2023, was the seventh day of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. After this, this deal ended on Friday, December 1, 2023. Shortly before the deal ended, Israel said it shot down a rocket fired from Gaza.

The Israeli Army wrote on X- "Hamas has started firing on Israel, this is a violation of the ceasefire agreement."

It was hoped that the ceasefire could proceed. America, Qatar and Egypt were continuously mediating it but this deal could not progress further.

A ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel was announced on Friday, 24 November 2023. In this seven-day agreement, Hamas has released 110 Israeli hostages by Thursday, November 30, 2023.

Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ends, air strikes begin in southern Gaza

Friday, December 1, 2023

The Ministry of Interior and National Security of Hamas in Gaza has said that several air strikes have been carried out in southern Gaza.

The Ministry of Interior and National Security of Hamas has given this information on Telegram account.

BBC sources in Gaza have also confirmed this and said that several explosions have also been heard in Northern Gaza. There has also been firing in the north-west of Gaza city.

After seven days of peace, sounds of bomb blasts are echoing again in Gaza

Friday, December 1, 2023

As Anna Foster reports from Sardoth, Israel, for BBC News, the sounds of gunfire are once again echoing in Gaza after a seven-day ceasefire.

Along with airstrikes, small arms attacks are also taking place in the sky.

Plumes of black smoke in the sky and the sounds of flying drones have made a comeback in Gaza.

"This morning is foggy and from the southern Israeli city of Sderot, where I live, I can see straight into northern Gaza, and I can see the destroyed buildings there," Anna Foster said.

"The military roadblock that used to be near Ashkelon has also returned."

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said 14 people had died since the ceasefire ended on the morning of Friday, December 1, 2023.

The seven-day ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has ended on Friday, December 1, 2023.

Thursday, 30 November 2023, was the seventh day of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.

After this, this deal ended on Friday, December 1, 2023.

Shortly before the deal ended, Israel said it shot down a rocket fired from Gaza.

With this the war has started again.

44 people died in Gaza in Israeli attack, what order did the Israeli army give?

Friday, December 1, 2023

The Hamas-run health ministry says 44 people have been killed in Gaza since clashes resumed on the morning of Friday, December 1, 2023.

The war in Gaza has resumed between Israel and Hamas after a week-long ceasefire.

During this ceasefire, Hamas released hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners.

On Friday, December 1, 2023, Israeli fighter planes again bombed Gaza. Smoke is again visible rising into the sky of Gaza.

The United Nations has called this situation tragic. Both Israel and Hamas have blamed each other for the resumption of conflict.

At the same time, the Israeli army has dropped leaflets from the sky in Khan Yunus area of southern Gaza and warned people to evacuate the area.

Israel has also released a map indicating the areas where people of Gaza can go.

Israel has called these areas evacuation zones.

BBC correspondent Paul Adams has reported that Israeli jets dropped leaflets with a QR code printed on them on Friday, 1 December 2023, in the eastern and northern parts of Khan Yunis.

Scanning this QR code opens a map of the Gaza Strip which is divided into 2,300 different parts.

The Israeli Army has said that the people living here can follow the instructions given in it and go to safe places.

Earlier, the US Secretary of State had warned that Israel would have to take steps to ensure the safety of civilians in Gaza before resuming its military operations.

Antony Blinken said that the damage done in the north of Gaza should not be repeated in the south. He also stressed the continuation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has once again tried to corner India in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder case after a case was registered against Indian man Nikhil Gupta in America.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that this case underlines what Canada is saying about the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and that India needs to take this matter seriously.

Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, that Canadian agencies had been working with their American counterparts since August 2023 on allegations related to the Indian government's involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered on 18 June 2023 in the British Columbia province of Canada.

After this, Canada had made serious allegations like the involvement of the Indian government in this matter.

But the Indian government termed the allegations made by the Canadian government as 'gross' and 'motivated'.

India had given Hardeep Singh Nijjar the status of a terrorist in the year 2020 itself.

What are the allegations against Nikhil Gupta?

In the indictment filed in the US court, Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta has been accused of giving contract for the murder of an American citizen in exchange for one lakh dollars in cash.

According to documents presented in the court, Nikhil Gupta, at the behest of an official working for the Indian government, contacted a hitman in America and gave him a contract to kill a Sikh separatist leader.

The indictment claims that during a conversation with an Indian official, Nikhil Gupta had told that he was involved in international smuggling of narcotics and weapons.

The indictment also claims that Nikhil Gupta is facing a criminal case in the Indian state of Gujarat in which he had agreed to carry out a murder in New York for an Indian official in exchange for help.

According to the document, the hitman whom Nikhil Gupta contacted was an undercover agent of the US Intelligence Department.

India forms investigation panel into conspiracy to murder Sikh separatist leader in America

Thursday, November 30, 2023

India has constituted a high-level inquiry panel to probe allegations of a conspiracy to kill a Sikh separatist leader in the US.

On the evening of Wednesday, November 29, 2023, America claimed that it had foiled the plan to assassinate a Sikh separatist American citizen living in New York. America accused Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta in this case on Wednesday, 29 November 2023. According to the documents presented in the court, he had received instructions from an employee of the Government of India.

Earlier last week, the British newspaper Financial Times, quoting sources, had reported that America had foiled an attempt to assassinate pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. The newspaper had claimed that Indian government officials were involved in this conspiracy and America has warned the Indian government regarding this.

On Wednesday, 29 November 2023, India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India has constituted a high-level panel on 18 November 2023 to investigate the matter.

Following the Financial Times report, US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said the US was taking the issue "extremely seriously".

The Washington Post wrote in a report on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 that the Biden administration was deeply concerned after the conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist was discovered. It had sent CIA Director William J. Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes to India in August 2023 and October 2023 and demanded an investigation into the matter.

What did the Ministry of External Affairs of India say on the case of conspiracy to kill Sikh separatist leader in America?

Thursday, November 30, 2023

The Indian Foreign Ministry has said that charges have not been brought against the Indian official in the US court. Information about what inputs India has received from America cannot be made public.

Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi has said in response to a question, "I want to clarify one thing that the case is not being filed against the Indian official in the American court. We cannot share the inputs we have received but If you are talking about a legal case, a person has been charged in an American court.''

“The allegation that the man was working with an Indian official is a matter of concern. We have repeatedly said this is not India's policy. Our high level investigation panel will also investigate the case from the angle of nexus of drug racket and organized crime.''

The US has claimed to have uncovered a conspiracy to kill a Sikh separatist leader and an American citizen on American soil.

A man named Nikhil Gupta is accused of giving a contract to a hired killer to kill a separatist leader in exchange for one lakh dollars (about Rs 83 lakh) in cash.

There are allegations that Nikhil Gupta was being guided by an Indian officer. The Indian official is not named in the indictment.

On 18 November 2023, India has constituted a high-level inquiry panel to investigate these allegations.

Israel and Hamas have informed that the ongoing ceasefire between the two sides has been extended for one more day.

The Israeli military said the ceasefire with Hamas would remain in place "in view of efforts by mediators to continue the process of releasing the hostages".

At the same time, Hamas has said that the ceasefire with Israel is being extended for one day and it will now come into effect on the seventh day.

News agency Reuters has given this information.

The deal between Hamas and Israel regarding hostages is in effect from Friday, 24 November 2023.

Under which Hamas is releasing some Israeli hostages and in return Israel is releasing certain Palestinian prisoners from its jails.

During this period the ceasefire is in force. Also, trucks filled with aid and essential medicines are entering Gaza.

Thursday, 30 November 2023 is the seventh day of this ceasefire.

Finland has also closed the last crossing on its border with Russia, a move Russian President Vladimir Putin's office condemned in the Kremlin as a "completely unnecessary step."

Finland has accused Russia of sending refugees to Finland. In view of this, the northern crossing at Raja-Joseppi was also closed for two weeks on Wednesday, 29 November 2023.

Finland says it is a victim of Russia's 'hybrid operation'. About 900 refugees crossed the border into Finland in November 2023.

This number is much higher than Finland's previous record. Before this, hardly anyone crossed the border in a day. A guard posted on the border said that till August 2023, Russia would not allow any foreign citizen to come here without the necessary visa, but now this is not happening.

Finland shares a 1,340 km (830 mi) border with Russia, and before temporarily closing this northern crossing, Finland also closed seven crossings on its south-eastern border.

However, the railway line will remain open for goods trains. Border guards say this is not a complete shutdown in principle. Asylum seekers can still reach Helsinki by plane.

Finland's Minister of Internal Affairs Marie Rantanen said it was "a matter of national security", and on Wednesday, 29 November 2023, the head of Poland's National Security Bureau announced that his military advisers would conduct an "on-site understanding of border security". Going to Finland to share.

Poland will share its understanding and information with Finland at the request of the Finnish President, who was visiting Poland this week, Jacek Siewiera, head of Poland's National Security Bureau, told X.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is on a state visit to India after the G20 conference held in Delhi.

During this, he held a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in Delhi.

After the meeting, the Crown Prince said, "There have been no disagreements throughout the history of this (India-Saudi Arabia) relationship, today we are working on future opportunities... I would like to thank India for its management of the G20 summit. I congratulate the many initiatives that have been achieved, including the Economic Corridor connecting the Middle East, India and Europe, it is important that we work diligently to build it."

The Crown Prince is on a three-day visit to New Delhi and met PM Modi on Monday, 11 September 2023, after the G20 summit that ended on Sunday, 10 September 2023.

Earlier in February 2019, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had visited India, this is his second state visit.

During the G20 in India, an agreement has been signed to build an economic and rail corridor between India-Middle-East-Europe. This agreement is being considered as an effort to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative.

A bilateral meeting was held between Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud at Hyderabad House, Delhi.

After this meeting, PM Modi said that this meeting will take the relations between the two countries to a new dimension.

He said, “We are adding new and modern dimensions to our relations. Saudi Arabia is one of the important strategic partners for India. As the world's two fastest-growing economies, our partnership is vital to the peace of the entire region. During our meeting with the Crown Prince, we identified a number of initiatives to take our partnership to the next level. This meeting will give new direction and new energy to our relations."

PM Modi said, "India has taken a historic start in establishing a corridor between West Asia and Europe. This will not only connect two countries but will also strengthen economic cooperation, energy development and digital connectivity between Europe and Asia. Crown Prince, I heartily congratulate you on the rapid progress Saudi Arabia is making under your Vision 2030."

The Crown Prince is on a three-day visit to New Delhi and met PM Modi during his state visit on Monday, 11 September 2023, following the G20 Summit that ended on Sunday, 10 September 2023.

Earlier, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had reached Rashtrapati Bhavan for the formal welcome ceremony. Here he was welcomed by the President of India Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Brazilian President Luiz Ianásu Lula da Silva, speaking to the media in New Delhi on Monday, September 11, 2023, said that it is expected that the war between Ukraine and Russia will end during Brazil's presidency. Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping will participate in the summit to be held in Brazil.

Responding to a question from news agency PTI, da Silva said, "I hope that when we start the summit in Brazil, the war will be over."

He said, "I would like to congratulate India for organizing the summit in an excellent manner. We have received a lot of warmth from the Indian people. Brazil is the host country of G20 next year. We want to organize events in several cities in Brazil. I don't know why President Putin and Xi Jinping did not attend the G20 this time but I will invite them and I hope they will come to Brazil and participate in the summit."

India was hosting the G20 summit which ended on Sunday, 10 September 2023. The New Delhi Declaration was issued unanimously on the evening of Saturday, 9 September 2023. India is being praised for the diplomatic understanding it has brought together on the Ukraine-Russia war.