Tel Aviv, July 6 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has identified India as one of Israel's key international supporters, dismissing US Vice President JD Vance's suggestion that Washington is the country's only powerful ally.

Speaking to Fox News on Sunday, July 5, Netanyahu said Israel continues to enjoy backing from several countries and singled out India while responding to Vance's recent comments on the US-Israel relationship.

Netanyahu said India remains an important supporter of Israel despite international criticism over the country's military campaigns in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon.

"We have some other friends, like a small country called India. It has 1.4 billion people, and boy, do we have tremendous support there," he ...