Hyderabad, June 14 -- Leaders of various Left parties in Telangana met at the CPI(M) state office, MB Bhavan, on Saturday and strongly condemned what they termed as Israel's ongoing "genocidal war" against Palestinians in Gaza.

The meeting, presided over by CPI(M) State Secretary John Wesley, was attended by representatives from CPI, CPI(ML) New Democracy, CPI(ML) Liberation, and SUCI(C).

Key leaders present included Pashya Padma (CPI), Julakanti Rangareddy (CPI), Vemulapalli Venkatramaiah and Govardhan (CPI-ML New Democracy), Rameshraja (CPI-ML Liberation), and Murahari (SUCI-C).

The Left parties decried the continued bombing and airstrikes by Israel over the past 20 months, which they said had claimed the lives of nearly 50,000 Palesti...