University Researchers student Ankit Chauhan said that the club has not only made Indian students feel safe but has also encouraged them in a way.
Israeli Airstrike (AFP) on the Gaza Strip
A cricket club in the southern city of Birsheba, Israel, has taken the initiative to rescue several Indian researchers at Ben-Gurion University who have been looking for shelter since the Hamas attacks for the past one week. is. The doors of the Birsheba Cricket Club building near the university have been opened to the local residents. This initiative was taken after Palestinian militants launched attacks in southern areas of Israel and Indian researchers were also provided shelter in the same sequence.
President of Birsheba Cricket Club Naor Goodkar said that some Indian researchers also play for the cricket club and are like members of our family. We told them that if anyone is looking for a safe haven, it is welcome in our club. He said that there were many Indian researchers with us last week, including both boys and girls. We tried to facilitate the conditions for them by providing them as much help as possible.
No night is peaceful since monday
Naor said that some of them are not fully aware of the security rules and I and my colleagues told them about all the precautions to be taken to be safe. Researchers seeking refuge in the club include Viraj Bhingardive, Hina Khand, Shashank Shekhar, Rudraku Sengupta and Bishnu Khand.
Most of them told the news agency ‘PTI-Bhasha’ that we can rest here knowing that we are safe. Not a single night has been peaceful since last Monday. Ankit Chauhan, a research student at the university, said that the club has not only made Indian students feel safe but has also encouraged them in a way.
15 kilometers of tunnels were demolished
They told that they are being given breakfast, tea and coffee and they can use the resources of gym and recreation. This can help them to divert attention from the current situation of disaster. After the heavy air raid on the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Monday, the Israeli army said that it has demolished 15 kilometers of tunnels built by the extremists and houses of nine Hamas commanders. The airstrike that occurred last night during the fighting that began a week earlier was also gruesome with the attack on Gaza City a day earlier in which 42 people were killed and three buildings were demolished.
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