A second flight carrying 235 Indian nationals from Tel Aviv in Israel, under Operation Ajay, landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Saturday morning.
The second batch of Indian passengers gathered at the Tel Aviv airport to board the chartered flight to India under the 'Opertion Ajay' launched amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
As many as 212 Indian nationals from Israel have arrived at the Delhi airport. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar was present at the airport to welcome them.
'Operation Ajay' was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back around 18,000 Indians in Israel who were amidst the war between Hamas and Israel. Registration of Indians began on Thursday.
Calling Hamas a "terror organisation", Lior Haiat, the spokesperson of Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the only way to fight the terror group is to make everyone involved in the attack "pay the price".
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Sunday said the Prime Minister's Office is monitoring the ongoing situation in Israel adding "we are on the job" to bring back stranded Indian students.
Air India flights to and from Tel Aviv in Israel will remain suspended till October 14 (Saturday) keeping in mind the the safety of its passengers and crew, the airline spokesperson said Sunday.
The I2U2 group of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States on Friday (local time) announced a new joint space venture that aims to create a "unique space-based tool" for policymakers, institutions, and entrepreneurs.
The I2U2 group on Thursday launched a website to strengthen the public-private partnership in several sectors and invited private companies from the four member countries to submit their projects to tackle some of the challenges confronting the world.
Israeli envoy to India, Naor Gilon, praised the strong ‘people-to-people’ ties that the two countries share, adding that while New Delhi recognised Israel in 1950, the full diplomatic relations were established only in 1992.
Naor Gilon, Ambassador of Israel to India, hosted a soiree on Wednesday that brought together distinguished figures from both the Israeli and Indian film industries to celebrate and strengthen Israel-India cultural partnership.