Actor Nushrratt Bharuccha Stuck In Israel, ‘Incommunicado’ As War Escalates

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Nushrratt Bharuccha is stranded in Israel amid the Hamas terror attack, according a member of her team.

The actress had travelled to the country to attend the Haifa International Film Festival, where she was spotted posing with fans for photos. Her film ‘Akelli’ was selected for the prestigious film festival.

“The last time that I managed to get in touch with her was around 12.30 pm earlier today, when she was safe in a basement. However, since then, we were not able to connect. We are trying to get Nushrratt back safely to India and hope she returns back in the best of health and unharmed,” the member said in a statement to India Today on Saturday.

Also students struck in Israel, where more than 400 people have been killed while thousands of others have been injured after militant group Hamas of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multifront attack, are extremely nervous and scared as the situation is “very tense”. They are in constant touch with the Indian embassy, which has issued advisories for all its citizens to “remain vigilant”.

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“I am very nervous and scared…Thankfully we have shelter and Israeli police forces nearby. So far, we are safe…We are in touch with Indian embassy people, we have a good Indian community around and we are connected,” an Indian student in Israel Gokul Manavalan told news agency ANI.

The Hamas militants fired more than 5,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel and also captured several Israeli soldiers near the border. In response to the deadly attacks, the Israel defense forces launched “Operation Swords of Iron”, striking a number of targets in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was ‘at war’ and swore fierce counterattack. The invasion revived memories of the damaging Yom Kippur War between Egypt, Syria, and Israel in October 1973 when the Tel Aviv was also caught off-guard.