Srinagar, Feb. 19 -- Though calling Hamas' attack on Israel on 7 October, an act of terrorism, EAM Jaishankar said that Israel should have been "very mindful" of civilian casualties in its response and emphasised its "obligation to observe international humanitarian law."

He also outlined key dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict so as to have a long term and a permanent solution to the issue.

Jaishankar's latest speech stresses two points that India, as the PM noted in his first reaction, after the 7 October attacks, emphasises that the Hamas' attacks were a "terrorist attack", yet it has further reiterated its age-old stand that the solution to the Palestinian issue, could be found only through a two stage solution.

However, th...