PM Modi-Sholz condemn Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, “Threat of nuclear attack unacceptable”

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New Delhi: During the meeting between PM Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in New Delhi on Friday, the attack on Israel on 7 October was condemned. India and Germany issued a joint statement calling the massacre in Israel a terrorist attack by Hamas and also strongly condemned it. Let us tell you that Hamas terrorists carried out a major terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1200 Israelis were killed. Hamas terrorists had taken 238 Israelis hostage during this time. 

Israel, enraged by this terrorist attack by Hamas, has been carrying out fierce airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas in Gaza and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon. So far, hundreds of commanders and terrorists, including both Hamas chiefs Ismail Haniyeh alias Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, have been killed in Israeli attacks. Apart from this, the Israeli army in Lebanon also killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Hashim Safieddin. 

The use and threat of nuclear weapons is unacceptable.

During their meeting, PM Modi and Olaf Scholz expressed deep concern over the tragic human consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war that has been going on for nearly two and a half years. PM Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed deep condolences by issuing a joint statement on the war in Ukraine and its tragic human consequences. Along with this, Germany jointly called the use or threat of the use of nuclear weapons unacceptable. Both leaders reiterated the need for a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace by international law, which is by the objectives and principles of the United Nations Charter and includes respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

It also noted the “negative implications” of the war in Ukraine concerning global food and energy security, particularly for developing and least-developed countries. “The two leaders agreed that the “use or threat of use” of nuclear weapons in the context of war is “unacceptable,” it said.