00:00 Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a Kerala-based apparel company supplying nearly 1 lakh uniforms
00:18 to the Israeli police said it will not accept orders from the war-torn country now until
00:23 peace is restored.
00:25 The company, in its reason for suspending the supply, said it "morally disagreed" with
00:31 the approach of bombing and killing innocent people, including hospitals.
00:36 Thomas Olikil, who runs the Marian Apparel Private Limited, said that the firm has taken
00:41 a decision not to take any new orders from the Israeli police force until the war in
00:46 Gaza is stopped.
00:47 Marian Apparel Private Limited in the district makes the elegant, light blue, long-sleeved
00:52 uniform shirts of the Israeli police force.
00:54 Further, the firm said that it would fulfil all previous commitments made to the Israeli
00:58 police force and was hopeful that peace would be restored soon.
01:03 The firm has been involved with the manufacturing and packaging of all uniforms in the manufacturing
01:07 unit since 2008.
01:09 It has been providing uniforms to the Israeli police since 2015.
01:13 According to the details, the particular firm had also manufactured uniforms worn by the
01:18 Philippine Army, Qatar Air Force, Qatar Police, British American security companies and hospital
01:23 uniforms.
01:24 "We have been making uniforms for the Israeli police since 2015.
01:28 The Hamas attack, killing civilians, cannot be accepted.
01:31 Similarly, the revenge by Israel also cannot be accepted.
01:35 Denying food and water to over 25 lakh people, bombing hospitals, killing innocent women
01:39 and children and all cannot be accepted at all.
01:43 We want the war to end and the peace to prevail," Mr Olikil said in a video message.
01:47 "We request everyone to stop the war.
01:50 The Israeli force will not be short of uniforms because of our decision, but this is a moral
01:54 decision.
01:55 Bombing of the hospitals cannot be accepted.
01:58 We have decided not to take further orders temporarily," he added.
02:02 Launched at the state-run Kinfra Park in 2006, the company specialises in the uniforms of
02:08 army men, police personnel, security officers and health service workers from various countries
02:12 across the globe.
02:13 It also supplies school uniforms, dresses for supermarket staff, doctor's coats, coveralls,
02:19 corporate wear and so on.
02:20 The April unit was set up in Qanur with the objective of providing employment to local
02:24 people who had become jobless due to the decline of the traditional Bidi sector there.
02:29 More than one million Palestinians, roughly half of Gaza's population, have fled homes
02:33 in the north and Gaza City after Israel told them to evacuate.
02:37 The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that limited humanitarian
02:41 aid would be allowed into Gaza from Egypt, following a request from US President Joe
02:45 Biden.
02:46 The war began on October 7 after Hamas militants stormed into Israel and Israel vowed to destroy
02:51 the militant group.
02:52 The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that 3,785 Palestinians have been killed and more
02:57 than 12,500 others have been wounded.
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