OPERATION
AJAY - DEFENCE & SECURITY
News:
India has evacuated 1,309
Indian Nationals from Israel under Operation Ajay: Dr S Jaishankar
What's
in the news?
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India has evacuated 1,309 Indian Nationals
from Israel under Operation Ajay in six special flights. In a written reply in
Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said that India has also
facilitated the return of one Indian national from Gaza Strip.
Operation
Ajay:
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India has launched Operation Ajay to bring back Indians from Israel as the
conflict escalated with Israel retaliating against Hamas's attack.
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Israel has declared war against Hamas and
set up a war cabinet.
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Operation
Ajay is not technically an evacuation operation. It is an operation to
repatriate its citizens from Israel.
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Special chartered flights will bring back
the Indians. Indian Navy ships will be deployed if the need arises.
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There are about 18,000 Indians in Israel
and about 16 in Palestine — a dozen in the West Bank and 3-4 people in Gaza.