Indian National Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has termed the ongoing attacks on Gaza as "merciless bombing", and said India must oppose it as a member of the international community.
"The merciless bombing of Gaza continues with even more savagery than before the truce. Food supplies are scarce, medical facilities have been destroyed and basic amenities have been shut down," the Congress leader wrote in a post on X.
India has always stood up for what is just and supported the Palestinian people from the beginning of their long struggle for freedom, the Indian politician said.
India's main opposition Congress party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks during a public meeting at Adalaj in Gandhinagar, India, Tuesday, March 12, 2019
© AP Photo / Ajit Solanki
"These are people with dreams and hopes just like the rest of us. They are being ruthlessly thrown to their deaths right before our eyes. Where is our humanity?" she asked.
"We fought for sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa. We supported our brothers and sisters in Palestine from the beginning of their long struggle for freedom, and now we stand back and do nothing as a genocide takes place wiping them out from the face of the earth?" Priyanka Gandhi said.
It is India's duty as a member of the international community to stand up for what is right, she asserted. "We must do all we can to ensure a ceasefire at the earliest."
Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 16,200, with more than 42,000 wounded, report said.
Israel launched a massive retaliation military offensive after the October 7 attacks by the Hamas group.