International desk(National Times)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that weapons supplied by Tel Aviv were used by India during “Operation Sindoor” \u2014 the cross-border military campaign in which New Delhi attacked Pakistani positions under the pretext of targeting \u201cterrorists\u201d. The four-day confrontation, which erupted after India \u2014 without presenting evidence \u2014 blamed Pakistan for a deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam, saw artillery duels, drone strikes, and air raids exchanged between the two nuclear-armed rivals.\u00a0 In response to the Indian aggression, Pakistan’s armed forces launched a large-scale retaliatory military action, named “Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos” and targeted several Indian military targets across multiple regions. Pakistan downed six Indian fighter jets, including three Rafales, and dozens of drones. After at least 87 hours, the war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the US. In a post on X, Netanyahu said he met the Indian ambassador to Israel, JP Singh, to discuss strengthening \u201csecurity and economic\u201d cooperation, before addressing senior Indian journalists.\u00a0 Indian media reported that he acknowledged that Israeli-supplied systems, including Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles and HARPY drones, played a key role in India\u2019s operations. \u201cThe things we provided before worked very well on the field… we develop our weapons in the field and they are battle-tested,\u201d Netanyahu remarked, adding that Israel plans to escalate its military campaign in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According Indian media, India deployed the jointly developed Barak-8 missile system alongside Israeli HARPY drones to counter Pakistani missile strikes during the May conflict. The Russian-made S-400 missile defence system and various Indian-made weapons were also used. The HARPY drone is designed for \u201csuppression of enemy air defences\u201d and can autonomously detect and destroy radar systems with high-explosive warheads, while the Barak-8 system offers 360-degree coverage and the ability to intercept multiple aerial threats within a 100km range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel\u2019s backing for India\u2019s action was explicit. Kobbi Shoshani, Israel\u2019s Consul General in Mumbai, called Operation Sindoor \u201can action of self-defence\u201d and said he was \u201cvery proud\u201d of it. Israel remains one of India\u2019s largest arms suppliers, with over $2.9 billion in hardware exports to New Delhi over the last decade, including radars, drones, and missile systems. Despite its ongoing war on Gaza, Israel has maintained uninterrupted weapons deliveries to India. India\u2019s other main suppliers are Russia ($21.8 billion), France ($5.2 billion), and the US ($4.5 billion).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
International desk(National Times)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that weapons supplied by Tel Aviv were used by India during “Operation Sindoor” \u2014 the cross-border military campaign in which New Delhi attacked Pakistani positions under the pretext of targeting \u201cterrorists\u201d. The four-day confrontation, which erupted after India \u2014 without presenting evidence \u2014 blamed Pakistan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n