Indian opposition leader hits out at int’l community over killings in Gaza

NEW DELHI (AA) – A senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party has hit out at the international community, calling the death toll of 11,000 from Israeli strikes on Gaza “a deplorable and disgraceful milestone.”

“…over 11,000 people killed in Gaza of which almost half are children. One child is being killed every ten minutes according to the WHO, and now tiny babies had to be removed from their incubators due to lack of oxygen and were left to die,” Priyanka Gandhi, the party’s general secretary, wrote on X.

Hitting out at the governments, she said: “Still, no shock to the conscience of those supporting this genocide, no ceasefire…just more bombs, more violence, more killings and more suffering.

“Shame on the governments supporting this destruction. When is it going to be enough?” she wrote.

Israel has been carrying out relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip — including on hospitals, residences, and houses of worship — since October 7.

Despite traditionally supporting a two-state solution, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the October 7 offensive by Hamas a series of “terrorist attacks,” and has since been a staunch supporter of “Israel’s right to self defense.”

Days later, after he spoke to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Modi said he reiterated India’s “principled position” on the issue. India on October 22 said it sent humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine.

During a top-level ministerial dialogue in the Indian capital New Delhi last week, India and the US extended “support for humanitarian pauses” in the besieged Gaza Strip.