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In the midst of a diplomatic spat with India, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent wishes for a “happy Navratri” to the Hindu community there.

According to the statement, the tentative parameters reached will give Sri Lanka the necessary budgetary room to carry out its ambitious reform programme.

Russia’s foreign ministry called on Israel to establish a truce in Gaza so that supplies of food and medicine could enter, saying it was intolerable that what it called Israel’s “indiscriminate” shelling of the Gaza Strip was killing so many civilians.

The Washington embassy of Israel said on Tuesday that more than 1,200 people have died as a result of the weekend Hamas strikes. Most of the casualties were civilians who were shot dead in their houses, on the streets, or while dancing outside.

Israel’s army reported that it had reclaimed control of the southern regions close to the Gaza Strip that were seized by Hamas on Saturday following two days of rocket attacks.

Israel immediately began airstrikes, claiming to be aiming at terrorist bases in Gaza.

Richard Hecht, spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces, declared that this was Israel’s 9/11 and more as the country began to retaliate and declared an all-out war against Hamas, calling on all army reserves.

According to reports, terrorists from Hamas have kidnapped a number of Israelis.

According to Putin, the struggle in Ukraine is “not a territorial” one, and Moscow “has no interests from the point of view of conquering some territories.”

The World Health Organisation (WHO) suggested on Monday the adoption of a second malaria vaccination to prevent the potentially fatal illness that some mosquitoes transmit to people.