India says it supports Trump’s Gaza plan during Israeli minister’s visit

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the country supports Trump's Gaza plan during a bilateral meeting in the capital, New Delhi. 

“India supports the Gaza peace plan and hopes that it paves the way for a durable and lasting solution,” Jaishankar told his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar.

Saar arrived in New Delhi late Monday night on an official visit.

India and Israel are strategic partners, with bilateral trade between the two countries reaching nearly $4bn last year.

Israel has committed close to 200 violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October, the director of the government media office in Gaza said.

According to the Gaza health ministry, the Israeli genocidal war has killed over 68,800 people and injured more than 170,300 Palestinians since October 2023. Another 10,000 are missing, presumed dead.

The UN secretary general’s deputy spokesperson has said that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault on Gaza, which has been recognised as a genocide by the UN.