India-Israel bond extends from our 'DNA' to fight terror: Israeli diplomat on 26/11 anniversary
Kobbi Shoshani, on Sunday expressed solidarity with the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks saying that the «DNA» of both India and Israel to fight against terrorism is the foundation of a strong bond between the two nations.
He also drew a comparison between the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai with the recent October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
Speaking to ANI, Shoshsaid, «26/11 saw terror being unleashed on innocents. This is the feature of terror attacks all over the world, this is a systematic work.
We can see from the incident and its aftermath that we are dealing with right now that there is a direct line linking the two attacks (the 26/11 and October 7 attacks). So many innocents were slaughtered.
The aim of terrorism is to bring harm and death to people.»
The Israeli diplomat said Israel's hearts are with India on the 15th anniversary of the 26/11 attacks and the resolve of both countries to fight against terrorism is the «most important thing» that binds them.
«Today, on 26/11, our hearts are with India, with Mumbai, with the people who were killed here by terrorists. That is the most important thing.
The bond between India and Israel is not only because we are brothers or because of our history, it's because of our DNA to fight against terrorism, that's the most important thing».
Earlier, Israeli Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon also paid homage to the victims of Mumbai attacks at the Chabad House memorial, which has the names of all victims engraved on its walls.
Gilon said that terrorism is a global phenomenon and countries have to join hands to fight against it.
«As PM Modi said rightly so terrorism is a global phenomenon. You have to join hands globally.
