Israel’s envoy to India Naor Gilon on Tuesday said that had India labelled Hamas a terror group its leader couldn’t have addressed the Kerala rally.

“We have provided India with all details on Hamas and it is up to the government to take a call and decide when to label it a terror organisation. Had India done this in the past, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal could have been prevented from addressing a pro-Palestinian rally in Kerala virtually,” said Gilon.

Israel recently declared Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) a terrorist organisation as it was involved in the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai and the Jewish nation is hopeful that India will also label Hamas a terror organisation.

“We have destroyed the on-ground infrastructure of Hamas in northern Gaza and nearly two million Palestinians have moved to southern Gaza. We will keep giving a day’s extension to the ceasefire until the hostages are released, following which we will begin our offensive in southern Gaza,” Gilon further said adding that they fear that most of the hostages are inside the underground tunnels.

At present, there is a ceasefire to facilitate the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. For every Israeli hostage that Hamas releases, they get three prisoners in a swap agreement.