Israel
and Hamas war started on 7th October and has already taken the toll
of more than 15 thousand human lives. In the past, no friction with Israel has
lasted for more than a week but this time it is still continuing despite the
passage of nearly six weeks’ time. In fact, it is no longer a war but a
relentless thrashing of the Hamas terrorists and their sympathisers in the Gaza
Strip. According to the latest reports almost the entire Gaza Strip has been
occupied by Israel’s forces. Hamas terrorists are hiding like rats in the tunnels,
which they have constructed mainly under the hospitals to shield themselves.
Terrorists are now targeting hospitals, killing innocent people and blaming
Israel’s forces to gain sympathy from the world. But no country has till now
come forward to join the war against Israel. Even Iran, Lebanon and Pakistan do
not have the courage to face the wrath of Israel.
As a
matter of fact, the world can learn a lesson from Israel, which has vowed to
completely destroy Hamas. Only a decade ago; India was the centre of terrorist
attacks. People were mortally afraid of travelling in trains and buses. Even
public places like hotels, bazaars and temples were not spared by the
terrorists, most of them were homegrown terrorists and were obviously surviving
with the help and support of Pakistan. But presently Pakistan itself has become
a bankrupt country and is going across the world with a begging bowl. Although
fundamentalist and radical forces in Pakistan provide only bogus verbal support
to Hamas, they have neither the courage nor strength to physically provide any
help to them. In India, we often see that some people loudmouth to extend
support aid to Hamas forgetting the fact that any assistance to it will amount
to propping up terrorism, which is a danger to mankind.
There is no
doubt that hundreds of innocent people are being killed in this conflict and it
will be in the interest of humanity that it is stopped without any further loss
of time. The world, particularly those who stand in support of Hamas must
prevail upon them to hand over all hostages to Israel otherwise, it is almost
certain that it would not stop till their total extermination.
This
conflict also points out the abject failure of Israel’s intelligence agency
Mossad, which is considered to be the best in the world. Hamas would not
have launched an attack on Israel from thin air in a day. Hamas terrorists must
have prepared their strategy for months together to launch the massive attack
on Israel killing hundreds of innocent people in a few hours’ time but
shockingly the Mossad did not have any inkling of it.
There is no
gainsaying that terrorism must go lock, stock and barrel. Any sacrifice to
liquidate the terrorists will be in the interest of humanity. At the same time,
it is also necessary that Palestinians must also be provided all succour and
land for their peaceful settlement. This is possible only when every trace of
terrorism is fully wiped out and the Islamic countries must desist from
sustaining them as some of them like Pakistan, Lebanon and Iran are shamelessly
openly bolstering it.
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