The war between Israel and Hamas has been going on for a week. During this period, about 3000 people have died so far. Meanwhile, India started Operation Ajay to safely bring back the people stranded in Israel to their homeland. The first batch of passengers under Operation Ajay reached India on Friday morning. On Friday, the plane took off with the second batch of Indians.

According to Indian officials, 235 Indians are included in the second batch of flights to India on Friday. This also includes two infants. The plane took off from Tel Aviv at 11.02 pm. The Indian Embassy said that the Embassy has informed the people included in the third batch by email. People will be messaged again for subsequent flights.

Suryakant Tiwari, an Indian student doing PhD from Ilan University in Safed, Israel, said that there is an atmosphere of fear in Israel. The situation here is very bad. I want to thank the Government of India for getting us out of Israel safely.

Hamas said that this is revenge for Israel's desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Hamas said that Israeli police had desecrated the Al-Aqsa Mosque by throwing a grenade at it in April 2023. The Israeli army is continuously attacking and encroaching on Hamas positions. Israeli army is attacking our women. Hamas spokesperson Ghazi Hamad has appealed to Arab countries to break all their relations with Israel. Hamad said that Israel can never be a good neighbor and a peaceful country.