’If the crude oil price go up..’: Min Hardeep Puri on impact of Israel-Hamas war
Live MintAddressing the raising concerns on the impact of ongoing Israel-Hamas war on crude oil, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said that if crude oil prices go up, it will have a very strong and adverse impact on attempts at global economic recovery. "It stands to reason that if the crude oil prices go up, that has a very strong and adverse impact on the attempts at global economic recovery. So far, the war between Israel and Hamas has taken the lives of more than 1200 Israelis and has left more than 2,700 wounded, said Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, Israel Defence Force spokesperson on Wednesday. "Four days after Hamas breached into Israel, attacked Israeli communities, murdered and massacred Israeli citizens and took dozens of Israeli hostages into Gaza.