1. Close to 8,000 people from Karnataka stranded in war-torn Israel
“Emergency sirens are blaring through the night, and we are living in fear,” Prameela Prabhu, 41, a native of Udupi district, told The Hindu over phone. She is among the Indians who are stranded in Israel, which is under attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas. Ms. Prabhu moved to Israel six years ago to work as a healthcare provider in a hospital in Tel Aviv-Yafo.
The Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority does not have specific data on the number of people stranded in Israel and Palestine. However, sources within the authority indicated that approximately 8,000 individuals from Karnataka — mainly from the coastal districts of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, and Uttara Kannada — who were working in Israel’s health sector are stuck in the conflict-hit region.
