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Israeli police, telling AFP on Friday that it had made a «moral decision» in light of the war in Gaza. Maryan Apparel in the southern state of Kerala said it had supplied around 100,000 uniforms to Israel's police force for every year since 2015. «It is a moral decision,» the company's managing director Thomas Olickal told AFP. Olickal said in a Wednesday statement that a strike on a hospital and the «loss of thousands of innocent lives» in the conflict had prompted the decision. Israelis and Palestinians have traded blame for Tuesday's deadly strike on the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City. Global leaders have condemned the strike and protests have erupted across the Muslim world with stark disagreement over the toll and who is responsible. Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas accused Israel of hitting the hospital during its massive bombing campaign, and the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has put the death toll at 471, though that number is contested. Israel's military has blamed a misfired rocket on another group, Islamic Jihad — a version of events backed by the United States, whose intelligence community has estimated between 100 and 300 people were killed. Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials.

Joe Biden said on Friday that both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hamas wanted to completely «annihilate» their neighbouring democracies. «We've not forgotten the mass graves, the bodies found bearing signs of torture, rape used as a weapon by the Russians, and thousands and thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly taken into Russia, stolen from their parents. It's sick.

Israel Thursday and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks.The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer in the northern Red Sea, intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. The action by the Carney potentially represented the first shots by the U.S. military in the defense of Israel in this conflict.Brig.

Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and raise prices

Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates Also read: Day 14 Israel-Hamas War: Israel bombs historic church in Gaza | 10 updates "Israel's credit profile has proven resilient to terrorist attacks and military conflict in the past," it said. "However, the severity of the current military conflict raises the possibility of longer lasting and material credit impact," it added.

Anti-Palestine’ comments on social media. The hospital administration took to microblogging site X to inform that Dr. Sunil Rao's employment had been terminated in view of the tweets he posted allegedly favouring Israel, who has been relentlessly bombarding Gaza in retaliation to the Hamas attack of the 7 October weekend.

Day trading guide for today: Indian stock market ended lower on second day in a row following weak global market sentiments on Israel Palestine conflict. Nifty 50 index went down 46 points and closed at 19,624 levels, BSE Sensex lost 247 points and ended at 65,629 mark whereas Bank Nifty index 134 points and finished at 43,754 levels.

Israel-Hamas war news: Israel's carpet bombing of Gaza in retaliation the the 7 October Hamas attack continues even as almost 3,000 people have lost their lives in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Israel is also witnessing a flurry of visits from Western leaders, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a bid to prevent the war between Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas fighters from Gaza from escalating.

Oil prices extended gains on Friday, rising about 1% on fears that the Israel-Gaza conflict may spread in the Middle East and disrupt supplies from one of the world's top-producing regions. Brent crude futures climbed 77 cents, or 0.8%, to $93.15 a barrel by 0042 GMT. U.S.

Biden on Thursday asked Americans to spend billions more dollars to help Israel fight Hamas while Israel's defence chief told his troops to be ready to go into the Gaza Strip to destroy the Palestinian militant group. In a televised White House speech late on Thursday that also addressed Ukraine's effort to repel Russia's invasion, Biden said Hamas sought to «annihilate» Israel's democracy. The president, who made an eight-hour visit to Israel on Wednesday, also stressed the urgency of getting relief to Palestinian civilians in Gaza who lack food, water and medicine. «We can't ignore the humanity of innocent Palestinians who only want to live in peace and have opportunity,» he said. Biden said he would ask Congress on Friday to approve extra funding for Israel.

U.S. State Department on Thursday issued a worldwide security alert for Americans overseas amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, citing increased tensions in various locations around the world and the potential for extremist attacks and violence against Americans. The alert did not single out any specific global event but comes amid a conflict in the Middle East after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct.

NEW DELHI : India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday. “Spoke to the President of the Palestinian Authority H.E. Mahmoud Abbas.

The United States Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, has proposed designating cryptocurrency mixing as an area of "primary money laundering concern" following Hamas’ attack on Israel.

On Tuesday, the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal put out alerts saying a blast at a Gaza hospital was caused by an Israeli airstrike, killing more than 500 people, citing Palestinian officials. It soon became clear the story wasn’t going to end there. Israel denied it was responsible.

WASHINGTON—President Biden reiterated his staunch support for Israel in the wake of attacks by Hamas militants during a visit to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. But back in the U.S., he’s faced criticism from progressives, Muslims and Arab-Americans, who say his sympathy for lost Palestinian lives and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is too little too late. “I’ll vote for him.

United States-based crypto advocacy organizations are calling out Senator Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers for some of the claims made regarding connections between the terrorist group Hamas and financing through cryptocurrency.

Hamas's October 7 attacks sit at the top of Israel's hit list as it threatens that every member of the militant group faces death when it invades Gaza. Military strategist Mohammed Deif and political leader Yahya Sinwar have already spent time in Israeli or Palestinian jails and been the targets of multiple assassination attempts. The hunt for the two most senior Hamas leaders in the beleagueredGaza Strip will be fierce this time. In the war of words leading up to the impending ground offensive, Israel has said that Sinwar is «a dead man walking». Over 1,400 people, the majority civilians, have died since the October 7 attack in Israel, which has responded with an aerial bombing campaign on Gaza that has killed over 3,700 people, also mostly civilians. «Hamas terrorists have two options: Be killed or surrender unconditionally.

₹11,195.58 crore and bought stocks for ₹10,102.11crore, resulting in an outflow of ₹1,093.47 crore, according to NSE data. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought equities worth ₹7,249.75 crore and offloaded shares worth ₹6,513.60 crore, resulting in an inflow of ₹736.15 crore, the exchange data showed. The BSE Sensex lost 0.38% to end at 65,629.24.

Rishi Sunak says Britain is standing by Israel in its «darkest hour» as it wages war on Hamas following the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack. Sunak spoke alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, a day after US President Joe Biden made a similar trip to Israel to express solidarity.

Huda Kattan, the founder of the popular cosmetics brand Huda Beauty, has been facing criticism after making a statement on social media for supporting Palestine during the current Israel Hamas conflict. She is being boycotted for her comments saying «blood money» from Israeli customers. The incident followed a recent Hamas attack on Israel, which occurred on October 7th. «I don’t want blood money,» said Kattan in response.

Israel-Hamas war news: UK Prime minister Rishi Sunak has reached Israel amid Benjamin Netanyahu's war with Hamas fighters. Sunak's visit comes at the heel of a speculated ground invasion by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza. PM Sunak met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Israel on Thursday, Sunak's office said, where the pair stressed the need to avoid further escalation of violence in the region.