Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that he has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to light a torch alongside Indian pilot Smit Machchar on Israel’s Independence Day. In a post on X, Netanyahu said Modi had thanked him for the invitation and described India and Israel as jointly fighting terrorism “on land and in the air”. Netanyahu added that Modi had also commended the strong, decades-old ties between the two countries. “Spoke with my friend, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and invited him to light the torch alongside a brave Indian pilot on Israel’s Independence Day. Modi thanked me for the invitation and said that on land and in the air, India and Israel are fighting terrorism together. He also commended the strong and decades-old ties between us,” Netanyahu wrote.
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