India calls for de-escalation of Israel-Hamas conflict

India has said that the Israel-Hamas conflict is resulting in a "large scale loss of civilian lives" and an "alarming humanitarian crisis" that is "unacceptable", and while stressing that there must be "zero-tolerance" for terrorism, has called for a peaceful resolution through diplomacy and dialogue as the only way out.

Reiterating its commitment to the two-state solution and calling for all sides to de-escalate, India also said it is in touch with both Israel and Palestine as well as other nations from the region.

New Delhi's position at the United Nations General Assembly was laid out by India's permanent representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj late on Tuesday (local time). While India abstained on the first UNGA vote calling for a ceasefire in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel and Tel Aviv's military offensive in October, it voted for a resolution calling for a ceasefire in December as the ground realities shifted and the scale of Israel's offensive caused global outrage.

On Tuesday, Kamboj said that India had taken note of the UN Security Resolution aimed to scale up humanitarian assistance to Gaza and praised the UAE's leadership in shepherding the resolution through the council.