Two hundred and forty members of the Bnei Menashe community from northeastern India — primarily Manipur and Mizoram — arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on April 23 as part of Operation Wings of Dawn. The operation is led by Israel's Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and The Jewish Agency.
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The US-Israel-Iran war, now nearly two months old, remains in a tenuous ceasefire strained by fresh explosions over Tehran, a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a third US carrier deployment, Trump's 'shoot and kill' order against Iranian boats, and oil prices surging past $106 per barrel.
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UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric's April 23 noon briefing covered a second French peacekeeper's death in Lebanon, continued Gaza strikes, the killing of a Lebanese journalist, 73 UN staff detained by Houthis in Yemen, Haiti's security challenges, and Central African Republic election preparations.
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