"Prime Minister Netanyahu presented to Prime Minister Modi the reasons why we have decided to go to this operation. We are happy that Prime Minister Modi got the call and that he listened carefully to our presentation and our motivation,

However, finding the right balance in matters of statecraft is a tough task, particularly when one side has been perceived to be favored over the other in the past, but those warm relations are no longer the same. India’s stance on the Israel-Iran conflict contains many such contradictions.

Israel and Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at each other's cities and military and strategic facilities since the hostilities began more than a week ago.