Kerala pilgrims return from Israel, thank Indian Embassy

KOCHI: A group of pilgrims who were in Israel on October 7 when the militant group Hamas began attacking the towns on the country’s border with its occupied region of Gaza have returned safely to India and thanked the Indian embassy for its prompt intervention in helping them escape the war zone.Amidst a multi-front onslaught by Hamas, their timely return to Kerala was made possible through the swift and effective intervention of Indian Embassy officials, the pilgrim who identified himself as Moulavi told a Malayalam news channel here on Thursday.”If our return journey was postponed even for one more day, we would have been trapped in the war zone. Anyway, we are home now,” the relieved Keralite pilgrim, who returned from Israel said.