Two people in Karnataka allegedly die of starvation amidst lockdown
Bodies taken away on garbage disposal vehicle
Bellary: In a heart wrenching incident, two persons died allegedly after not getting food in time due to the country-wide lockdown againt the spread of DCorona Virus, in Hospet town in Bellary District on Tuesday. Later, the dead bodies were allegedly transported on a garbage picking vehicle.
Both of them died on the road-side and photos of their dead bodies being taken by in a municipal garbage disposal vehicle have gone viral on local social media platforms.
The lockdown has been announced to prevent the spread of coronavirus, forcing beggars and poor to struggle for food and water. Two persons death by starvation has caused outrage among peoplle who were seen criticising the unpreparedness of the government and administration to deal with the situation.
"Two persons died on the road side in Hospet City and their dead bodies have been sent for postmortem. But I cannot comment if they died of starvation. Obvious reason for their death will be available only after the postmortem." H Vishwanath, Hospet Tahsildar said about the incident.
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
