New Delhi [India], AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday ended his oath as Lok Sabha member with the words "Jai Palestine".

In the recent parliamentary elections, Owaisi defeated BJP's Madhavi Lata Kompela by a margin of 3,38,087 votes to win from Hyderabad, Telangana for the fifth consecutive time.

While taking oath as an MP in the 18th session of the Lok Sabha, Owaisi ended his oath with the words "Jai Bhim, Jai Mim, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine".

Owaisi posted on his official

Speaking to ANI, Owaisi said, "Everyone is saying a lot of things... I just said "Jai Bhim, Jai Mim, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine"... How is this against, show the provisions in the Constitution. ?"

Asked the reason for saying 'Jai Palestine', Owaisi said, "Wahan ki awaam mahroom hai (The people there are destitute). Mahatma Gandhi has said a lot of things about Palestine and anyone can go and read it."

Many Palestinians are suffering the brunt of the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 25 people were killed and 50 others injured in Israeli attacks on tents of displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi near Rafah, south of the coastal zone, on June 22, Al Jazeera reported.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Defense Forces said Tuesday morning that overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed several Hamas activists involved in the October 7 attacks.

At the time of the attack the militants were located in school compounds and operating inside two structures in the Shati and Daraj Tufah areas of northern Gaza.

The army said many of the killed terrorists were involved in the October 7 attacks, were holding hostages and were planning further attacks.