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Renowned investor Paul Tudor Jones has shared his bearish outlook on stocks while expressing optimism for gold and Bitcoin (BTC).

Israel on Thursday as its military pulverised the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with airstrikes and prepared for a possible ground invasion. As Palestinians tried to stock up on bread and groceries amid dwindling supplies, Israel said nothing would be allowed into Gaza until around 150 hostages taken captive by Hamas during a weekend attack are freed. International aid groups warned of worsening humanitarian crisis after Israel stopped all deliveries of food, water, fuel and electricity to the tiny enclave of 2.3 million people and prevented entry of supplies from Egypt.

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[email protected] Apart from this, the Embassy of India in Tel Aviv has set up a 24-hour emergency helpline, which can be accessed via per contact details given below: +972-35226748 +972-543278392 [email protected] Further, the Representative Office of India in Ramallah has also set up a 24-hour emergency helpline, which can be accessed as per the contact details given below: +970-592916418 (also WhatsApp) [email protected] Among other things, reports by the Economic Times revealed that there is a possibility that global technology companies operating in Israel could potentially relocate their business operations to India or other regions like the Middle East or Eastern Europe. ALSO READ: Global tech giants in Israel eye India for relocation amid escalating Israel-Hamas conflict: Report It is to be known that Israel is host to more than 500 global companies, including prominent names such as Microsoft, Intel, and Google.

Blinken vowed on a visit Thursday that the United States will «always» back Israel but said the Palestinians also have «legitimate aspirations» not represented by militant group Hamas. «You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself,» Blinken said during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as war raged between Israel and Hamas. «But as long as America exists, you will never, ever have to.

Israel on Friday, said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi during the weekly press conference on Wednesday. «Yesterday, operation Ajay was launched to facilitate our citizens who wish to come back. The first flight will reach Tel Aviv tonight and is likely to reach India tomorrow,» said Bagchi. India on Thursday launched 'Operation Ajay' to facilitate the return of Indians from Israel who wish to come back home.

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Israel-Hamas war dragged on to the sixth day, many countries, including India, are making arrangements to repatriate their citizens from Israel. In a show of solidarity, US Secretary of State has arrived in Israel.

Associated Press depicted a devastated section of the Gaza Strip, reported The Daily Beast. Later, he removed the image and replaced it with a plain background while maintaining his 'praying for Israel' message.

Also Read: Israel-Hamas War LIVE Updates: Joe Biden issues warning to Iran on Gaza situation, says 'Be Careful' However, when Hamas launched its unexpected attack on Saturday, the Iron Dome system proved ineffective in dealing with the overwhelming rocket onslaught. In a span of just 20 minutes, Hamas launched a staggering 5,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. Also Read: Did Hamas behead citizens and children in Israel? President Biden has this to say The "Iron Dome" constitutes a ground-to-air, short-range air defence system designed to intercept and neutralize incoming missiles, rockets, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) by destroying them in mid-air.

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Jaideep Kaur (30) and her husband Mohit Randhawa (32), an IITian, found themselves in an unexpected and frightening situation as they faced the relentless wail of sirens in Israel. The couple, who had been married since 2020, never anticipated such a situation until the recent events that unfolded.

Hamas, its foreign affairs ministry said Wednesday. Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira has interrupted an Asia trip to travel 'to New York to participate in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, called by Brazil… to address the situation in the Gaza Strip,' the Ministry said in a statement. Brazil previously called an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday, the day after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. Israeli forces say 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the onslaught, the worst in the country's history. As Israel pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people, in response, the death toll there has also reached 1,200 people, including a high number of civilians, according to Palestinian authorities. More than 3,38,000 people in the enclave have been displaced, according to the United Nations. At Sunday's Security Council meeting, members were divided over policy concerning Israel and the Palestinians. Earlier on Wednesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for urgent international action to protect both Palestinian and Israeli civilians, especially children. «Children must never be held hostage, anywhere in the world,» Lula wrote on social media platform X. «Hamas needs to free the Israeli children who were kidnapped from their families.

Nearly 4 crore INR ($480,000) crypto stolen from a businessman in Delhi, India has been traced back to crypto accounts linked to Hamas by Indian police.

Investing.com — Crude prices fell for a third day in a row as trading began in Asia Thursday, responding to a report by industry group API that the largest weekly crude stockpile build in eight months may have taken place in the United States last week.

tech companies must remove illegal content from their platforms, or risk facing severe legal penalties. Following the militant Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel and Israel's retaliatory airstrikes in Palestinian enclave Gaza, social media firms have seen a surge in misinformation related to the conflict, including doctored images and mislabelled videos, alongside images of graphic violence.

Operation Ajay" on Wednesday to help Indians stuck in Israel to return home as fresh tension triggered in the region as Hamas militants made a series of brazen attacks on Israeli towns over the weekend. As per the external affairs ministry, around 18,000 Indians are currently residing in Israel.

Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, as heavy Israeli bombardments continue to hit the Palestinian enclave. «Mass displacement across the Gaza Strip continues,» the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in a statement sent on Thursday. By late Wednesday, the number of displaced people in Gaza had risen by an additional 75,000 people from the figure given 24 hours earlier, reaching 338,934, it said. The announcement came as Israel pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip — a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people — in response to the militants' surprise Saturday attack. Israeli forces said 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the onslaught — the worst in the country's history. In Gaza, officials reported more than 1,000 people have been killed in Israel's sustained campaign of air and artillery strikes. OCHA said nearly 220,000 people, or two-thirds of the displaced people, have sought shelter in schools run by the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. Another nearly 15,000 people fled to schools run by the Palestinian Authority, while more than 100,000 were being sheltered by relatives, neighbours and a church and other facilities in Gaza City. OCHA said that around 3,000 people had already been displaced within the enclave prior to Saturday's attack. The bombing campaign has destroyed or rendered uninhabitable at least 2,540 housing units in Gaza, OCHA said, citing numbers from the Gaza Ministry of Public Works and Housing.