No difference between Pakistan PM and Navjot Sidhu: BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje
Says both have same ‘vision’ on Pulwama attack
Udupi: BJP Udupi-Chickmagalur MP, Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday, said on twitter that there is no difference between Pakistan PM Imran Khan and Navjot Singh Sidhu, as they both share same views on Pulwama attack.
She added that Jaish-e-Mohammed Chief Masood Azhar is residing in Pakistan but the PM Imran Khan asks for evidence to initiate action against the perpetrators of Pulwama attack.
Taking a dig at her former party man Navjot Singh Sidhu, she added that the Indian army can counter the first line of terror easily but to counter the second line of terror ‘we have to unite and expose them’.
There is no diff b/w Sidhu& #ImranKhan both hv same vision about #PulwamaAttack
— Shobha Karandlaje (@ShobhaBJP) February 19, 2019
JeM chief #MasoodAzhar is residing in Pakistan bt Imran asks for evidence to take an action!!
To handle 1st Line of terror our Army is enough & to handle 2nd Line we have to unite&expose them. pic.twitter.com/USUMvSdQR4
Congress leader Sidhu, came under fire of opposition and a section of right-wing supporters when he said in a statement after Pulwama attack that the terror has no country and no religion. Ever since the statement, a lot has been said and done, and reportedly Sidhu has also been sacked from popular comedy show ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’.
Moreover, the host of the show Kapil Sharma also had to face the wrath of people, when he came in to support the cricketer turned politician, Sidhu. After Kapil’s comments in support of Sidhu went viral, #BoycottKapilSharmaShow also went trending on twitter.
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan also spoke publicly for the first time after Pulwama attack, and asked India for ‘relatable intelligence’ for taking action in this regard, while also expressing dissent over India blaming Pakistan for every incident that happens in India.
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Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire, accusing Hezbollah of breaching truce
Beirut, Nov 28: The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
There was no immediate word on casualties from Israel's aerial attack, which came hours after the Israeli military said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon. Israel said they were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded.
The back-to-back incidents stirred unease about the agreement, brokered by the United States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah members are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers.
On Thursday, the second day of a ceasefire after more than a year of bloody conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon's state news agency reported that Israeli fire targeted civilians in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. Israel said it fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
An Associated Press reporter in northern Israel near the border heard Israeli drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.
The Israeli military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened fire toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”
Israeli officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. Israel has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.
A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as Israeli troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.
The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began a day after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza, when the Lebanese Hezbollah group began firing rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.
Israel retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The war in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.
More than 3,760 people were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting killed more than 70 people in Israel — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of Israeli soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.
Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the Israeli army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the Israeli side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.
In Menara, an Israeli community on the border with views into Lebanon, around three quarters of homes are damaged, some with collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few residents could be seen gathering their belongings on Thursday before leaving again.
