India, Sept. 17 -- Israel has launched a ground assault on Gaza City, calling the operation "Gaza is burning". The irony is not lost on the world, including Israel's western allies, and may influence the deliberations when the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meets in New York early next week: The UK, France, Australia, Canada and others are expected to recognise the sovereignty of an independent Palestinian State, an entity most other world nations, including India, already recognise. Tel Aviv can smugly dismiss these moves as inconsequential even as the toll mounts in Gaza. Close to 65,000 people have died since Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched a war following a terror strike by Hamas in October 2023, and famine stalks the Pal...