India stands with Israel “firmly, with full conviction, in this moment and beyond”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Israeli Parliament on Wednesday.
Modi made the comment while expressing New Delhi’s condolences for the deaths of 1,200 persons, mostly Israelis, during the attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023.
“We feel your pain” and “share your grief”, the prime minister told the Knesset.
He added that like Israel, India has a “consistent and uncompromising policy of zero tolerance for terrorism, with no double standards”.
The remarks came during Modi’s first visit to Israel since Hamas’ October 2023 incursion into southern Israel and the Israeli military offensive in Gaza.
Israel has been carrying out unprecedented air and ground strikes on besieged Gaza since October 2023, leaving more than 70,000 persons dead.
In September, a commission of inquiry set up by the United Nations said that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel’s foreign ministry had rejected the report, describing it as “distorted and false”.
On Wednesday, Modi said that “there is great admiration” in India for Israel’s “resolve, courage and achievements”, adding that “long before we related to each other as modern states, we were linked by ties that go back more than 2,000 years”.
Modi said that India and Israel had committed to expanding trade,...
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