INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
conference at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Marrakech, Morocco.Georgieva joined a growing chorus of financial leaders
expressing concern about the sudden eruption of violence in the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict which has already claimed more
than 2,500 lives.Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on
Jewish civilians since the Holocaust, when hundreds of gunmen poured across the barrier fence and rampaged through Israeli towns on
Saturday.Israel said on Thursday there would be no humanitarian break to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all hostages taken by Hamas were
characterized by weak growth, economic fragmentation and deepening divergences, with interest rates expected to stay higher for longer to
tame persistent inflation.She appealed to countries to avoid escalating the situation and focus on areas of cooperation
