India, Oct. 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday talked to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to congratulate him on the Gaza peace plan.

The call comes just after Modi spoke to US President Donald Trump on the same issue and congratulated him for his peace plan.

"Called my friend, Prime Minister Netanyahu, to congratulate him on the progress made under President Trump's Gaza peace plan. We welcome the agreement on the release of hostages and enhanced humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza. Reaffirmed that terrorism in any form or manifestation is unacceptable anywhere in the world," Modi wrote on X.

According to a statement by the Israeli PMO quoted by Times of Israel, Netanyahu paused the security cabinet me...