Tel Aviv, April 11 -- Former Israeli spokesperson Eylon Levy strongly criticised Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif's now-deleted social media post, calling it "outrageous and completely unacceptable" and interpreting it as a call for the annihilation of Israel by a nuclear-armed state.

In an interview with ANI, Levy said the remarks have alarmed many in Israel, while also reflecting what he claimed is a broader perception held in India that Pakistan is "not a good-faith actor but an aggressive state that systematically supports terrorism."

"The Pakistani Defence Minister's statement is outrageous and completely unacceptable. Israel is interpreting it, rightly, as a call for the annihilation of our country by a nuclear-armed state...