State Department spokesperson Matt Miller confirmed the pause in funding, originally scheduled for delivery in the coming weeks, while the investigations are ongoing.
This confirmation comes after weeks of speculation and follows reports in December suggesting the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) were testing the method of seawater pumping into tunnels.
"India was and is an example of tolerance in a place where, in these days, very few places in the world Jews can feel unthreatened because of anti-Semitism. India is one of these places," he said in an interview with ANI.
Israel's Ambassador to India Naor Gilon on Tuesday said India has been very strong against terrorism from the first moment. He said that Israel is appreciative of the Indian government's support since Hamas launched the attack on October 7.
On Monday, Israel's Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant spoke with artillery forces serving in reserve duty near the Gaza border. The IDF's (Israel Defence Forces) Artillery Corps is assisting forces in combat inside the Gaza strip.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was set to meet on Tuesday with major donors to the embattled UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations' Palestinian-only refugee organisation.
In a bid to address a wartime manpower shortage in Israel's agricultural sector, farmers will be allowed to increase their cultivation areas without being hindered by labour constraints, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
Since the start of the war in Gaza approximately 2,980 wanted terrorists have been arrested throughout Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valleys region by Israel's security forces.
Farmers expanding their cultivation areas can now correspondingly augment the number of foreign workers they employ, which the ministry said will empower farmers to grow and produce "according to their ability and desire and not according to the necessity of the resource of working hands."
Monday's barrage triggered sirens in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Rishon Lezion and Holon. No injuries from the barrage were reported, though several cars were damaged.