Netanyahu pauses security cabinet meeting on Gaza deal to talk with India’s Modi

By Nava Freiberg

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9 October 2025, 7:46 pm

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Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, gestures and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to the media as they arrive for a meeting in New Delhi, India, Jan.15, 2018. (AP Photo, File)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses the security cabinet meeting discussing the ceasefire and hostage-release deal in Gaza to speak over the phone with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a statement from his office.

“Prime Minister Modi congratulated Prime Minister Netanyahu on the agreement reached for the release of all the hostages,” reads the statement.

Modi “noted that Netanyahu has always been a close friend and that their friendship will remain strong.” Netanyahu thanked his Indian counterpart “for his support of Israel, and the two agreed to continue working in close cooperation,” the readout concludes.