India deeply troubled by conflict in Gaza: Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj

United Nations India expresses deep concern over Gaza conflict, calls for humanitarian ceasefire and increased aid to Palestine.

India is “deeply troubled” by the conflict in Gaza that has raged on for nearly five months now, the country’s envoy to the U.N. has said, asserting that the loss of civilian lives and the resulting humanitarian crisis is “clearly unacceptable”.

India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador, Ruchira Kamboj, said this while addressing a U.N. General Assembly meeting on the ‘Use of Veto’ on Monday.

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“The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to large scale loss of civilian lives, especially women and children….this has also resulted in an alarming humanitarian crisis. This is clearly unacceptable,” Ms. Kamboj told the U.N.GA.

She said that India has been “deeply troubled by the conflict in Gaza that has been raging for nearly five months now”. “The humanitarian crisis has deepened, and the region and beyond have seen rising instability,” India’s top diplomat to the U.N. said.

The General Assembly held the plenary debate on the ‘Use of the veto’ after the U.S. cast a veto in the U.N. Security Council last month, leading to the failure of the Council to adopt a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza war.

Ms. Kamboj told the UNGA that India’s position on the conflict has been clear, and New Delhi has strongly condemned the deaths of civilians in the conflict.