Nuanced stance on Gaza could grant India gains

Unlike the Ukraine war, India has not professed neutrality so far on the hostilities in West Asia. On 6 October, Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that rules Gaza, launched a barrage of missiles at Israeli targets as part of a horrific set of terror attacks on 6 October. As expected, Israel struck back hard, its firepower reducing buildings in that 365-sq-km strip of land to rubble (as in past episodes), but Hamas has hurled further volleys and the death toll on both sides has shot into four digits with no end in sight to this outbreak of violence. On Tuesday,…