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Israelis in India

A police officer speaks on his mobile phone at the scene as he and colleagues search for the male travelers who were pushed into the canal by three men accused of gang-raping two women, in Koppal district of southern state of Karnataka, India, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo)
February 16, 2026, 8:53 pm
India sentences 3 to death for rape of Israeli and Indian women, killing of Indian man
Judge says ‘extreme brutality’ of crime merits punishment; in March 2025, the three attacked a group of 5 tourists stargazing near canal, pushed men into water, raped women
By ToI Staff
Ashriel and Maayan Ashush with their children Odeh and Naya at Bet Halev in Varkala, India, February 28, 2025. (Courtesy)
November 16, 2025, 11:48 am
In India, a Jewish home becomes a place for traumatized Israelis and others to breathe
After traveling the world, Maayan and Ashriel Ashush opened Bet Halev in the beach town of Varkala, welcoming thousands of Jews, non-Jews and those bearing scars from October 7
By Bernard Hacker
L: Undated image of missing Israeli Michal Peleg, found dead on June 10, 2025 in Crete, Greece. (Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law); R: US-Israeli hiker Samuel Vengrinovich who is missing in India. (Courtesy)
June 10, 2025, 10:48 pm
Israeli found dead in Crete after apparent accident; Israeli hiker missing in India
Michal Peleg, 65, tripped and fell off a cliff, her family believes; meanwhile, US-Israeli Samuel Vengrinovich, 44, from Jaffa, is missing after hiking in rough weather Friday
By ToI Staff and Deborah Danan
A police officer speaks on his mobile phone at the scene as he and colleagues search for the male travelers who were pushed into the canal by three men accused of gang-raping two women, in Koppal district of southern state of Karnataka, India, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo)
March 8, 2025, 5:00 pm
Israeli and Indian woman gang-raped, Indian man killed in Karnataka attack
Group of five assaulted by men on motorbikes while out stargazing by a river, local media reports; two suspects in their early 20s arrested
By ToI Staff
A road is inundated with water from the swollen river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, July 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Piyush Nagpal)
July 15, 2023, 9:21 pm
Foreign Ministry: We’ve reached all Israelis who were missing due to India flooding
With help of helicopter, officials establish contact with last of the Israeli tourists put out of reach by monsoon rains
By ToI Staff and AP
People navigate their way through a flooded street following heavy rainfall in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP/Manish Swarup)
July 14, 2023, 11:11 am
38 Israelis remain unreachable in India due to monsoon flooding
Ambassador holds assessment with rescue groups as further rains forecast; no Israelis reported hurt, but destroyed infrastructure making establishing contact difficult
By ToI Staff
A man looks at a swollen Beas River following heavy rains in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Aqil Khan, File)
July 12, 2023, 11:18 pm
Foreign Ministry says nearly 300 Israelis in India remain unreachable due to floods
Deputy ambassador dispatched to stricken region to try to track down missing travelers; no reports of injuries among Israelis
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A sign for Chabad in the main bazaar in New Delhi, India, December 12, 2016 (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
November 11, 2019, 9:32 pm
India says Israeli, Jewish targets under immediate terror threat — reports
Cells with links to Al-Qaeda, Islamic State said possibly planning attacks on synagogues, groups of Israelis; could try to kidnap backpacker
By ToI Staff
A sign for Chabad in the main bazaar in New Delhi, India, December 12, 2016 (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
October 4, 2019, 10:04 pm
India issues terror alert for Jewish, Israeli targets on Yom Kippur
Jerusalem said to be working with Indian counterparts to thwart any potential attack; security increased at embassy, synagogues and other sites
By ToI Staff
Indian Hindu pilgrims carry bags on their head as they trek up to Chandanwari in Kashmir, some 115 km southeast of Srinagar, during the annual Hindu pilgrimage on July 27, 2019 to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
August 4, 2019, 2:49 am
Israelis warned to urgently leave India’s Kashmir region amid growing unrest
Indian officials have called for tourists to evacuate area as security tensions escalate
By ToI Staff and AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (r) and his wife Sara board a plane to fly to Latin America for a 10-day state trip on September 10, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
January 14, 2018, 6:34 am
Netanyahu departs for India with diatribe against ‘hostile press’
PM predicts Israeli media will under-cover his week-long trip, says he was shocked by ‘sanctimonious and hypocritical’ criticism of his son
By Raoul Wootliff
Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)
January 13, 2018, 11:11 pm
Amid strip joint scandal, Yair Netanyahu left out of PM’s India delegation
Netanyahu’s son was set to accompany his parents on high-profile trip; PMO won’t say if change of plans is connected to recordings aired this week
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits in a car with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after the latter arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on July 4, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
January 11, 2018, 4:17 pm
Spotlight on trade, Chabad and Bollywood as PM heads to India
Modi and Netanyahu get on well, but the PM’s visit, the first by an Israeli premier since 2003, comes against backdrop of Delhi’s recent anti-Israel vote at the UN
By Raphael Ahren
Sam Goodriche outside a cafe in Tel Aviv, Sept. 24, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)
October 7, 2017, 7:31 am
When battle-scarred Israelis go wild in India, this vet is there to help
Sam Goodriche’s Soul Talk aims to assist newly discharged soldiers in dealing with war traumas instead of trying to bury them
By Andrew Tobin
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Reuven Rivlin shake hands during a meeting in Rivlin's Jerusalem residence on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 (courtesy)
July 5, 2017, 12:08 pm
Indian PM affirms ‘kinship’ with Israel, where he feels ‘at home’
In Jerusalem, President Reuven Rivlin calls Narendra Modi ‘one the greatest leaders of the world today’
By Raphael Ahren
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