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Israeli army moves towards refugee camps, 1.5 lakh Palestinians leave central Gaza

Friday, December 29, 2023

The United Nations has said that about 1.5 lakh Palestinians have been forced to leave central Gaza due to the Israeli army's advance towards refugee camps located in the Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses and armed factions of Hamas have said that Israeli army tanks have reached the eastern end of the Burez camp.

The Israeli army recently launched an offensive targeting Nussirat and Maghazi camps along Burez.

The Health Ministry of Hamas-run Gaza claimed on Thursday, 28 December 2023, that several dozen people were killed in Israeli shelling.

On the other hand, Egypt has said that it has presented a three-phase proposal aiming at a ceasefire.

A Hamas delegation has reached Egypt's capital Cairo to respond to this proposal.

Meanwhile, the United Nations made several allegations against Israel in a report released on Thursday, 28 December 2023.

The report said a surge in attacks by armed settlers on Israeli settlements is leading to large-scale displacement of Palestine's pastoral community. The ongoing discriminatory restrictions on movement are severely affecting people's daily lives and the local economy

In this report, the United Nations urged Israel to stop 'unlawful killings' of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.

Russian air strikes on several Ukrainian cities: 18 people killed, more than 130 injured

Friday, December 29, 2023

Since the morning of Friday, December 29, 2023, 18 people have been reported killed and 130 people have been injured in several air strikes carried out by Russia on Ukraine.

James Waterhouse, Ukraine correspondent in Kiev, said the massive destruction caused by simultaneous missile attacks has never been seen before.

Ukraine's army said that Russia had attacked it with 158 missiles and drones.

Russia struck first with an Iran-made Shahid drone, followed by 55 cruise missiles, 14 ballistic missiles and five aeroballistic missiles. Apart from this, some anti-radar missiles were also fired.

Ukrainian military commander in chief Valery Zalunzhny said Ukraine shot down 27 out of 36 drones and 87 missiles.

Ukrainian police said in their Telegram post that five people were killed and 26 injured in Dnieper, three died and 13 civilians were injured in Kharkiv, four people were killed and 12 were injured in Zaporizhia, two were killed and 27 were injured in Odessa, some People are feared buried under the debris, one dead and 27 injured in Lviv and three dead and 22 injured in Kiev.

Earlier this week, Ukraine had attacked and sunk a Russian landing ship in Crimea, it is believed that Russia has taken this action in response to the same.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Russia used almost every type of weapons in this attack.

The US Ambassador to Ukraine has said that Ukraine needs more help to fight such horrors in 2024.

Israel-Gaza war: UN report makes serious allegations against Israel of human rights violations

Thursday, December 28, 2023

The United Nations has released a report detailing massive raids, arrests, killings and human rights violations in the West Bank.

The United Nations has also urged Israel to stop 'unlawful killings' of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said he was deeply saddened by Israel's military tactics, use of disproportionate force and restrictions on people's movement.

The report released by the United Nations on Thursday, December 28, 2023, makes several allegations against Israel. It says the arbitrary arrests, detention and torture of large numbers of people and ill-treatment by Israeli forces raise concerns about collective punishment. A surge in attacks by armed settlers on Israeli settlements is leading to mass displacement of Palestine's herding community. The ongoing discriminatory restrictions on movement are severely affecting people's daily lives and the local economy.

Releasing the report, Volker Turk said that its results are deeply disturbing and that cases of human rights violations in conflicts are not new but 'the level of violence and repression being resorted to has not been seen in the last few years'.

Israeli army admitted mistake

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Regarding the Christmas Eve bombing on December 24, 2023, which targeted the Maghazi refugee camp, Israeli military officials have admitted that the wrong weapon choice resulted in excessive civilian casualties.

According to the United Nations, at least 86 people have been killed in this Israeli bombing that took place on Sunday, 24 December 2023 and the number of casualties may increase further.

An Israeli military official told state broadcaster Kan News that the wrong weapon was used for the attack, resulting in greater civilian casualties than could have been avoided.

The Israeli army expressed 'regret' to the BBC regarding this incident.

The UN Human Rights Office said that on Sunday, 24 December 2023, Israeli forces bombed 50 sites in central Gaza, including the Maghazi camp.

Bombs fell on two residential buildings in Maghazi camp, killing most of the people.

50 people killed in Israeli bombing in Gaza, 210 people died in 24 hours

Thursday, December 28, 2023

The Hamas-run health ministry said 210 Palestinians had died in Gaza in the past 24 hours.

According to the Health Ministry, at least 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombardment in the Beit Lahiya north of Gaza, Khan Yunis in the south and Maghazi refugee camps in the center on the morning of Thursday, December 28, 2023.

The Hamas-affiliated Safa News Agency reported that a house in Maghazi was hit by a bombardment, killing several people. Four houses in Beit Lahiya were completely destroyed.

Many people have also lost their lives due to the bombing around Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.

According to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, 21,320 Palestinians have been killed and 55,603 injured since the war began in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli youth sentenced to jail for refusing to join the army

Thursday, December 28, 2023

An 18-year-old Israeli youth who refused to join the army has been prosecuted and sentenced to 30 days in a military prison.

According to Israeli media reports, Tal Mitnik lives in Tel Aviv. He went to a military recruitment center and announced his decision not to join the army.

He cited the Israel-Hamas war and occupation as a protest against his conscience.

To protest against conscience means that a person refuses something based on his or her beliefs.

He is the first person since the Gaza war began to be punished for 'deciding not to join the army due to his conscience'.

If he continues his opposition to military service, his detention could be extended.

Israeli minister warned Hezbollah?

Thursday, December 28, 2023

According to James Gregory of BBC News, an Israeli minister has warned that the Israeli military will take action to expel Hezbollah from the Lebanese border if Hezbollah attacks continue.

Benny Gantz said Israel's military would intervene if the world and the Lebanese government did not stop extremists' firing on northern Israel.

He said that time is now running out to find a diplomatic solution.

Firing on the border between Israel and Lebanon has intensified since the war between Hamas and Israel that began on October 7, 2023.

This is also increasing concerns that the war in Gaza could spread to the entire region.

"The situation on Israel's northern border must change," Gantz said at a press conference on Wednesday, December 27, 2023.

“Time is running out for a diplomatic solution, if the world and the Lebanese government do not take action to stop the firing on the northern part of Israel and drive Hezbollah away from the border, then the IDF (Israeli army) will do it.''

This week there has been an increase in rocket attacks and armed drone attacks from Hezbollah, with Israel also responding to these attacks.

Lebanese state media reported on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, that an Israeli airstrike killed a Hezbollah fighter and two of his relatives.

Hezbollah said in a statement that one of the victims, Ibrahim Bazi, was an Australian citizen visiting his family.

More than 100 people have been killed in this conflict in Lebanon. Most of them are Hezbollah fighters. But the dead also included civilians including three journalists.

All hospitals in northern Gaza closed due to Israeli attacks: WHO

Friday, December 22, 2023

The situation in Gaza has worsened due to retaliatory action after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

According to the latest report, twenty thousand Palestinians have died so far in these attacks.

Along with this, the health system in Northern Gaza has come to a complete standstill.

The World Health Organization has said that there are no hospitals left in northern Gaza that are functional.

Fierce fighting is also going on in the south of Gaza, where Israel has asked Palestinians to vacate the area around Khan Yunis city.

Dr. Richard Pipercon, representative of the World Health Organization in the Palestinian territory, has explained in detail about the situation in Gaza.

What did the World Health Organization say?

The World Health Organization has said there are about 36 hospitals across Gaza, of which only nine are functioning. All of these are in the southern part of Gaza. There is no hospital in the North that is functioning.

Al-Ahli was the only hospital left that was functioning in some way, but it too was no longer accepting new patients.

The situation is similar in Al-Shifa, Al-Awda and Al-Shahaba hospitals.

"Only the structure remains of Al Ahli Hospital," the World Health Organization said. Two days ago, this was the only hospital in northern Gaza where surgeries for the injured were being conducted and a large number of people were coming to the emergency ward here.

But now the operation theater here is not functioning, because there is neither fuel, nor electricity, nor medical supplies, nor health workers or doctors and surgeons.

Now this hospital has completely stopped working, now there are only a few people here, who are hiding their heads under its roof.

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's wife gets political asylum in America

Friday, December 22, 2023

Hanan Elatra, wife of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, has got political asylum in America.

The US intelligence agency has believed that Saudi Arabia was behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018.

Khashoggi's wife, Hanan Elatra, feared for her safety and came to the United States in August 2020 on a work permit to seek asylum.

The BBC reviewed documents which show that Khashoggi's wife, Hanan Elatra, has been granted indefinite asylum on 28 November 2023.

"We won," Elatra told the BBC. "Yes, they took Jamal's life and they ruined my life, but we won."

It has been more than three years since Hanan Elatra first applied for political asylum in the United States.

Hanan Elatra has said that if she were to return to Egypt (where she lives) or the United Arab Emirates, her home of 25 years, her life would be in danger.

Hanan Elatra, a former flight attendant at Emirates Airline, says that when she came to America, she remained afraid for her safety for several months. At first she lived in Maryland.

In an interview, Hanan Elatr's lawyer, Randa Fahmy, said that Khashoggi's wife, Hanan Elatr, left both her job and her life.

Khashoggi's wife Hanan Elatra finally got a work permit in America in October 2021. Hanan Elatra now has a job and an apartment.

UN implemented the most important Article 99 in Gaza, said- Gaza will never be the same as before

Thursday, 7 December 2023

United Nations (UN) Chief Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter in view of the seriousness of the ongoing war in Gaza.

This article is considered the most important provision of the United Nations. Under which the Secretary-General of the United Nations "brings to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may endanger international peace and security."

This is considered the most powerful provision of the United Nations Charter.

This article has been used only nine times in the history of the United Nations and has not been used for decades.

The United Nations has been warning for weeks about the humanitarian catastrophe being caused by the war in Gaza and appealing for it to be stopped, but now on Wednesday, 6 December 2023, Antonio Guterres issued one of his most powerful distress signals. Has been implemented so that the attention of member countries can be focused on this crisis and humanitarian ceasefire can be implemented.

Most of the members of the UN Council are in support of the ceasefire but America, which is a close ally of Israel and has a veto in the UN, is not in support of this ceasefire.

Antonio Guterres wrote to council members that "everyone living in Gaza is living in grave danger because no place in Gaza is safe anymore".

He also wrote that the entire health system of Gaza has collapsed because hospitals have been turned into battlefields.

People do not even have the necessities to survive and amidst all this Israel is continuously bombing.

Antonio Guterres says that Gaza's public order will be completely destroyed.

The UN says that considering the kind of devastation taking place in Gaza, it seems very difficult that Gaza will ever go back to the way it was before.

Antonio Guterres concluded his letter by writing that the international community has a responsibility to "use all its influence to prevent and end this crisis from worsening" and reiterated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire.

People are dying in Gaza, India should stand with what is right: Priyanka Gandhi

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has said that Israel is continuously bombing Gaza in a barbaric manner, India is a part of the international community and hence it should stand up for what is right.

Priyanka Gandhi wrote on Thursday, December 7, 2023, that India has always stood for justice and the long struggle of the Palestinians and their freedom. He should do the same even now.

Priyanka Gandhi wrote, "Gaza is being mercilessly bombed. Today the situation is worse than before the ceasefire. Food supplies are hard to come by, medical facilities have been destroyed and basic amenities are nonexistent. An entire country is being wiped out. 16,000 people have died, including 10,000 children. More than 60 journalists have died. These people are being killed in front of our eyes, where is the humanity?''

''India has always stood for what is right on the international stage. We fought for sanctions against South Africa's apartheid regime, we supported our brothers and sisters in Palestine from the beginning in their long struggle for freedom, and now we are doing nothing while genocide is taking place. As a member of the international community, India has a duty to stand for what is right. “We must do whatever we can to bring about a ceasefire.”

Israel calls UN Secretary General's appeal a 'new level of moral degradation'

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan has expressed strong displeasure over the ceasefire appeal made by the Secretary General of the United Nations.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had appealed to Israel for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. Israel has expressed displeasure over this and demanded his resignation.

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said: "Today the Secretary-General reached a new level of moral degradation."

Gilad Erdan said that the appeal for ceasefire is actually an appeal to maintain Hamas' terror in Gaza.

Gilad Erdan said, "The attitude of the UN Secretary General is only to prolong the war in Gaza because it will give Hamas terrorists hope that the war will stop and they will be able to escape."

Israel-Gaza war: On allegations of bias, UN said, we have only one side and that is to save people's lives

Thursday, 7 December 2023

The United Nations has rejected accusations of being partisan in the Israel-Gaza conflict, insisting that it has 'only one side and that is to save lives'.

On Wednesday, 6 December 2023, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote a letter to the members of the Security Council, in which he talked about using an article of the United Nations which has not been used in decades. He appealed to the Security Council to help avert a major humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Israel accused him of stooping further and said it showed he was being partisan.

Speaking on a BBC Radio 4 programme, Antonio Guterres's spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said it was rare for the secretary-general to call for an article but that he had no other option because "human suffering" had crossed the limits.

Israel-Gaza war: Israeli troops reach the center of Khan Yunis, fierce fighting continues with Hamas fighters

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Israel's military says its troops are fighting Hamas fighters in Khan Yunis, the main city in southern Gaza.

Israel's army claims that a big leader of Hamas is hiding here.

Israel has also agreed to slightly increase fuel supplies to southern Gaza following international pressure over the plight of Gaza's people due to continuous bombing.

On the night of Wednesday, 6 December 2023, Israeli ministers approved the entry of more fuel into Gaza.

BBC's Middle East correspondent Yolande Nel said that Israel's army has reached the center of Khan Yunis.

On the other hand, the armed wing of Hamas says that the fighting is becoming fierce. Whereas the Israeli army has now reached the house of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.

He and other top officials are believed to be hiding in underground tunnels. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that capturing the Hamas leader is only a matter of time.

On the other hand, a senior UN official has warned that two months into the war, "the situation in Gaza is becoming catastrophic, as the fighting escalates, with hundreds of thousands of people trapped in a small area in the south". "Meaningful human efforts" have now become almost impossible.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the Security Council, using the power given by the UN Charter, to take action on the Gaza war.

So far the Security Council has failed to support any resolution calling for a complete ceasefire.

22 members of Al Jazeera correspondent's family killed in Israeli attack in Gaza

Thursday, 7 December 2023

News channel Al Jazeera has reported that 22 members of the family of one of its journalists were killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza's Jabaliya Refugee Camp.

A statement issued by Al Jazeera said that the house where members of Momin al-Sharafi's family had taken shelter was targeted on Wednesday, 6 December 2023.

Momin al-Sharafi's mother, his father, three siblings and several of his children were killed in the attack.

Earlier in October 2023, the wife, son, daughter and grandson of another Al Jazeera journalist, Wael al-Dahdaoui, died in the central Gaza area.

Hamas claims - 178 Palestinians died in Israeli attack

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Fighting between Israel and Hamas has resumed after a seven-day ceasefire.

Both Israel and Hamas are blaming each other that because of them the ceasefire could not be extended.

Meanwhile, Hamas' Health Ministry has said that 178 Palestinians have died so far since Israel resumed bombing in Gaza.

Israel also said it had struck 200 "terrorist targets".

A source close to the talks related to extending the ceasefire told the BBC that an agreement to extend the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Qatar could not be reached.

However, America has said that it is still trying to stop the conflict between the two.

Death of sixth Israeli hostage captured by Hamas confirmed

Saturday, December 2, 2023

The deaths of six of the Israelis held hostage by Hamas have been confirmed.

The death of Ofra Kidar, 70, who lived in Gaza, has been confirmed on Friday, 1 December 2023.

She was out on a walk on October 7, 2023, when she was taken hostage. She was somehow able to call her family.

Ofra Kidar had told that Hamas people were going to shoot her. Her husband Sami was also shot in their home.

Ofra Kidar's daughter somehow saved her life by hiding. BBC had earlier reported the death of five more Israelis captured by Hamas. These included people ranging from 26 years to 85 years.

Humanitarian aid to Gaza halted after Israel-Hamas ceasefire, UN warns

Saturday, December 2, 2023

No aid has reached Gaza since the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended.

This information has been given by the United Nations Relief Agency (UNRWA) working for Palestinian refugees.

UNRWA spokeswoman Juliet Touma told the BBC that she feared a return to the situation that existed weeks ago, where Gaza was under complete blockade and siege.

Juliet Touma said that continued efforts are being made to restart humanitarian aid and achieve a ceasefire.

Juliet Touma said that we are standing on the cusp of a tsunami of human rights violations in Gaza.

First batch of humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza after Israel-Hamas ceasefire ends

Saturday, December 2, 2023

The Palestinian Red Crescent says trucks loaded with humanitarian aid have been allowed into the Gaza Strip for the first time since the collapse of the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Friday, 1 December 2023.

About 50 such trucks have been allowed to enter Gaza from the Rafah border.

Aid agencies still report severe shortages in supplies.

Sources in the Egyptian Security Agency and the Palestinian Red Crescent told news agency Reuters that these trucks will be checked at the Aujja crossing before reaching the Gaza Strip.

Before the war, aid agencies had said that 100 trucks of aid goods would be needed daily to meet the needs of the Gaza population.

193 people killed in Gaza since ceasefire ended: Hamas

Saturday, December 2, 2023

The Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza says 193 people have been killed there since Israel resumed attacks on Friday, December 1, 2023.

It has been told that since the end of the seven-day ceasefire, 652 people have also been injured.

According to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, the number of people killed in Gaza has exceeded 15 thousand and more than 40 thousand people have been injured.

The Health Ministry says 70 percent of those killed are women and children.

Attempt for ceasefire once again in Gaza, French President Macron will go to Qatar

Saturday, December 2, 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron said during the COP-28 climate change summit that he would travel to Qatar to try to renew a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Emmanuel Macron said, "This situation demands redoubled efforts to reach a lasting ceasefire and to ensure the release of all those held hostage by Hamas."

Emmanuel Macron also said, "It is also important to provide the people of Gaza with the assistance they urgently need."

President Macron said that "Israel should make clear its intention to completely destroy Hamas because this could prolong the war for the next ten years."

Israel orders ceasefire negotiators to return from Qatar

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Israel's intelligence agency Mossad has said that Israeli intelligence officers have been ordered to leave Qatar after ceasefire talks reached an impasse.

A statement issued from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said, "Mossad chief David Barnia has asked his team to return to Israel from Qatar on the instructions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

It said, "The terrorist organization Hamas has not fulfilled its part of the agreement. This also included ensuring the release of all children and women according to a list given to Hamas."

Qatar has been mediating between Hamas and Israel since the war began, most recently playing a key role in a week-long temporary ceasefire, which was extended twice, and in the release of hostages during that period.

Ceasefire agreement ends, war begins between Hamas and Israel

Friday, December 1, 2023

The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has ended. Israel has said that fighting has resumed.

Thursday, 30 November 2023, was the seventh day of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. After this, this deal ended on Friday, December 1, 2023. Shortly before the deal ended, Israel said it shot down a rocket fired from Gaza.

The Israeli Army wrote on X- "Hamas has started firing on Israel, this is a violation of the ceasefire agreement."

It was hoped that the ceasefire could proceed. America, Qatar and Egypt were continuously mediating it but this deal could not progress further.

A ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel was announced on Friday, 24 November 2023. In this seven-day agreement, Hamas has released 110 Israeli hostages by Thursday, November 30, 2023.

Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ends, air strikes begin in southern Gaza

Friday, December 1, 2023

The Ministry of Interior and National Security of Hamas in Gaza has said that several air strikes have been carried out in southern Gaza.

The Ministry of Interior and National Security of Hamas has given this information on Telegram account.

BBC sources in Gaza have also confirmed this and said that several explosions have also been heard in Northern Gaza. There has also been firing in the north-west of Gaza city.

After seven days of peace, sounds of bomb blasts are echoing again in Gaza

Friday, December 1, 2023

As Anna Foster reports from Sardoth, Israel, for BBC News, the sounds of gunfire are once again echoing in Gaza after a seven-day ceasefire.

Along with airstrikes, small arms attacks are also taking place in the sky.

Plumes of black smoke in the sky and the sounds of flying drones have made a comeback in Gaza.

"This morning is foggy and from the southern Israeli city of Sderot, where I live, I can see straight into northern Gaza, and I can see the destroyed buildings there," Anna Foster said.

"The military roadblock that used to be near Ashkelon has also returned."

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said 14 people had died since the ceasefire ended on the morning of Friday, December 1, 2023.

The seven-day ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has ended on Friday, December 1, 2023.

Thursday, 30 November 2023, was the seventh day of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.

After this, this deal ended on Friday, December 1, 2023.

Shortly before the deal ended, Israel said it shot down a rocket fired from Gaza.

With this the war has started again.

44 people died in Gaza in Israeli attack, what order did the Israeli army give?

Friday, December 1, 2023

The Hamas-run health ministry says 44 people have been killed in Gaza since clashes resumed on the morning of Friday, December 1, 2023.

The war in Gaza has resumed between Israel and Hamas after a week-long ceasefire.

During this ceasefire, Hamas released hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners.

On Friday, December 1, 2023, Israeli fighter planes again bombed Gaza. Smoke is again visible rising into the sky of Gaza.

The United Nations has called this situation tragic. Both Israel and Hamas have blamed each other for the resumption of conflict.

At the same time, the Israeli army has dropped leaflets from the sky in Khan Yunus area of southern Gaza and warned people to evacuate the area.

Israel has also released a map indicating the areas where people of Gaza can go.

Israel has called these areas evacuation zones.

BBC correspondent Paul Adams has reported that Israeli jets dropped leaflets with a QR code printed on them on Friday, 1 December 2023, in the eastern and northern parts of Khan Yunis.

Scanning this QR code opens a map of the Gaza Strip which is divided into 2,300 different parts.

The Israeli Army has said that the people living here can follow the instructions given in it and go to safe places.

Earlier, the US Secretary of State had warned that Israel would have to take steps to ensure the safety of civilians in Gaza before resuming its military operations.

Antony Blinken said that the damage done in the north of Gaza should not be repeated in the south. He also stressed the continuation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has once again tried to corner India in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder case after a case was registered against Indian man Nikhil Gupta in America.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that this case underlines what Canada is saying about the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and that India needs to take this matter seriously.

Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, that Canadian agencies had been working with their American counterparts since August 2023 on allegations related to the Indian government's involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered on 18 June 2023 in the British Columbia province of Canada.

After this, Canada had made serious allegations like the involvement of the Indian government in this matter.

But the Indian government termed the allegations made by the Canadian government as 'gross' and 'motivated'.

India had given Hardeep Singh Nijjar the status of a terrorist in the year 2020 itself.

What are the allegations against Nikhil Gupta?

In the indictment filed in the US court, Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta has been accused of giving contract for the murder of an American citizen in exchange for one lakh dollars in cash.

According to documents presented in the court, Nikhil Gupta, at the behest of an official working for the Indian government, contacted a hitman in America and gave him a contract to kill a Sikh separatist leader.

The indictment claims that during a conversation with an Indian official, Nikhil Gupta had told that he was involved in international smuggling of narcotics and weapons.

The indictment also claims that Nikhil Gupta is facing a criminal case in the Indian state of Gujarat in which he had agreed to carry out a murder in New York for an Indian official in exchange for help.

According to the document, the hitman whom Nikhil Gupta contacted was an undercover agent of the US Intelligence Department.