No ceasefire yet, says Israeli envoy, defends Israel war a year after October 7 attacks Premium
The Hindu
Israel's Ambassador to India discusses ongoing airstrikes in Gaza, Lebanon, and hopes to change India's policy on UNRWA funding.
Despite global calls for a ceasefire, Israel will not stop its airstrikes and operations in Gaza and Lebanon, said Israel’s newly-appointed Ambassador to India Reuven Azar. Speaking to The Hindu in an interview just ahead of the one year mark since the October 7 terror attacks, Ambassador Azar, who earlier served as Israel’s Deputy National Security Advisor, and Foreign Policy Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said he still hopes to convince India to change its policy on funding UNRWA and not banning Hamas, and admits that regional connectivity projects like IMEEC have been stalled due to the war.