Dr. Iraj Elahi , Iran's ambassador to India, highlighted the significant potential for India to make a positive impact in the ongoing crisis in west Asia. He emphasized on India's increasing global stature, stating, "India historically, and traditionally, considering its political potential, its role internationally, its rising economy, its rising influence in the world, it can have a constructive role in this situation." West Asia region is in turmoil currently with deaths of 1400 Israeli and over 8000 Palestinians even as the ongoing Israel Hamas war rages. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Dr. Elahi underlined that India's unique position as a nation with strong diplomatic ties to both Israel and the Islamic world gave it a unique opportunity amid the crisis. He explained, "So India can, first of all, considering its good relations with Israel, it's good relations with Islamic world. It can play a constructive and strong role in reaching a ceasefire at this stage, in stopping the bloodbath in Palestine."

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Israel's relentless air strikes are forcing residents of Northern Gaza city to seek refuge in the southern city of Rafa with supplies running critically low due a total blockade.

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If Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina does not step down, the major opposition parties in Bangladesh may boycott the impending national elections. A Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) official has issued a warning for the boycott in light of the violent turn of events during the nation's political protests.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they launched a “large number” of ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel and warned of more attacks to come.

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Following a Qatar-brokered deal, Egypt on Wednesday opened the Rafah border crossing for about 500 foreigners and some 80-90 injured Palestinians.

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Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 Palestinians and a Hamas commander, and medics struggled to treat the casualties in the enclave where food, fuel and basic supplies are running scarce. Israel said on Wednesday nine soldiers had been killed since it sent armoured troops into Gaza following weeks of air bombardments in retaliation for an attack by Palestinian Hamas militants on southern Israeli towns on Oct. 7 and the taking of more than 200 hostages.

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Hamas has told mediators it will release a number of foreign captives in the coming days, Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the group’s armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, said in a video on its Telegram account on Tuesday.

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Israel knocks out territory’s communications as it says it is ‘expanding’ ground operations in Gaza; UN general assembly passes resolution calling for truce.

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Israeli military released footage of ground operations in the Gaza. Armoured bulldozers were seen operating in the area.

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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday unveiled a proposal to provide Israel $14.3 billion in aid by slashing money for the Internal Revenue Service, putting Democrats in the Senate in a confrontation.

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Israeli forces are pushing in deep inside Gaza, raising tensions across West Asia and beyond. President Joe Biden emphasises the need to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Biden's team supports a humanitarian pause to Israel's attacks and focuses on getting aid to Palestinians.

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Israel says it has struck Hamas targets overnight as the Gaza offensive continues.....Netanyahu tells the un there will be no ceasefire in the war- as the world body warns of a human catastrophe in Gaza.

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In Israeli airstrikes, a 12-year-old Palestinian YouTuber lost his life. Social media users started following this 12-year-old Gaza-based YouTuber's channel in an attempt to grant him his desire after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

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The war is raging between Israel and Hamas and attacks from both sides are intensifying. It's now many days since Israel declared war on Hamas after an unprecedented ground air and sea assault by the militants over the weekend. The death toll continues to mount on both sides.

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In the escalating Israel-Hamas War, Israeli forces wage ground operations against Hamas in Gaza. In what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the second phase of the war the IDF said that it struck over 450 Terror targets during the past day.

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An emergency plenary session of the UN General Assembly is being held to discuss the conflict between Israel and Hamas as well as the circumstances in the Palestinian territory. It comes after a UN Security Council resolution urging "humanitarian pauses" in the violence was not approved on October 18. The US vetoed the resolution.

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