Amid war, Kerala-based apparel firm stops supplying uniforms to Israeli police

mangaloretoday.com

New Delh, Oct 20, 2023: Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a Kerala-based apparel company, supplying nearly 1 lakh uniforms to the Israeli police, said it will not accept orders from the war-torn country now, until peace is restored. The company, in its reason for suspending the supply, said it "morally disagreed with the approach of bombing and killing innocent people, including hospitals".

 

Further, the firm said that it would fulfill all previous commitments made to the Israeli police force and was hopeful that peace would be restored soon.

The Kannur firm, headed by Malayali Thomas Olickal, has been involved with the manufacturing and packaging of all uniforms in the manufacturing unit since 2008. It has been providing uniforms to the Israeli police since 2015.

According to the details, the particular firm had also manufactured uniforms worn by the Philippine Army, Qatar Air Force, Qatar Police, British American security companies and hospital uniforms.

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

More than 1 million Palestinians, roughly half of Gaza’s population, have fled homes in the north and Gaza City after Israel told them to evacuate.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that limited humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza from Egypt following a request from US President Joe Biden.

The war began on October 7 after Hamas militants stormed into Israel, and Israel vowed to destroy the militant group. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that 3,785 Palestinians have been killed and more than 12,500 others have been wounded.

Courtesy: India Today