New Delhi: Israel on Wednesday appealed to India to affix many different nations in banning Hamas as a terrorist organisation, whereas thanking New Delhi for its “solid support” to its battle towards the group. Israeli ambassador to New Delhi Naor Gilon stated they’d mentioned the problem of banning Hamas as a terrorist group with India after the lethal assaults on Israeli cities on October 7. He additionally stated they’d raised the matter earlier than as nicely.
“The democracies of the world are with us. They are the important countries for us. And I think it is time for India to officially ban Hamas as a terror group,” Gilon stated at a press convention. The Israeli ambassador stated a number of nations just like the US, Canada and the European Union had already banned Hamas as a terror group.
“We have talked to the authorities here. It is not the first time we have done that. We both understand the threat of terrorism. We are not pressuring anyone. We think it is the right thing to do because of our shared war on terror,” Gilon stated about Israel’s request to India to ban Hamas as a terror group.
“We brought up the issue after the attack and we are still talking. We are having a friendly conversation with India. We agree on most things, including counter-terrorism and other strategic issues,” he stated.
More than 1,400 folks died within the unprecedented assaults on Israel by Hamas on October 7. Hamas has taken greater than 220 folks hostage in Gaza. According to officers in Gaza, about 6,500 folks have died in Israel’s retaliatory strikes.
Gilon additionally expressed his gratitude to India for its “100 per cent” help to Israel in its anti-terror operations towards Hamas and particularly talked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s put up on X expressing his shock over the fear assaults and standing with the folks of Israel.
“Prime Minister Modi ji was one of the first leaders in the world to make a very clear statement,” he stated. The envoy stated Modi’s phrases strongly condemning terrorism set a “very clear tone”.
“It is important for us because India is a very close ally. But India is also a very important moral voice in the world. India knows what it is talking about when it comes to terrorism, because it has been a victim of terrorism itself,” Gilon stated.
Israeli Envoy Says War With Hamas Is About Survival
On Israel’s struggle with Hamas, he stated it was concerning the nation’s survival within the “tough neighbourhood” of the Middle East.
“For Israel, it is a war of survival in the Middle East. We live in a very tough neighbourhood. In the Middle East, if you are seen as weak, your life will be miserable,” he stated. “If people think they can attack Israel, we will be attacked all the time. So we cannot afford to be vulnerable. We have to make sure that people who have bad intentions towards us cannot carry them out,” he stated.
The envoy stated any signal of Hamas successful within the struggle towards Israel would have severe penalties within the area and past and that was not acceptable in any respect. “The success of Hamas is not an option for moderate regimes in the Middle East. They do not want that scenario,” he stated.
The Israeli envoy additionally accused Iran of supporting Hamas. “Iran has been funding, training and arming Hamas for years,” he alleged. Iran has denied the allegation prior to now.
