Netanyahu meets India's national security advisor in Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Indian national security advisor Ajit Doval and provided him with an “update” on Gaza, the prime minister's office said in a post on X.

“The sides also discussed the effort to release the hostages and the issue of humanitarian assistance,” his office said.

India's government, led by the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, has pledged support to Israel amid its war on Gaza, overturning decades of support for the Palestinian cause.

Middle East Eye reported last month that the Israeli army was set to include Indian-made Hermes 900 drones in its expanding fleet, a move activists and defence analysts say will further implicate India in Israel's war on Gaza.