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New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (January 7) and briefed him on progress made under the Gaza ‘peace plan’ conceived by the US, India said, with Netanyahu also writing that he looked forward to meeting Modi “in the near future”.

In their second phone call in less than a month, Modi upon being briefed on the peace plan “reaffirmed India’s consistent support for efforts towards a just and durable peace in the region”, his office said in a press release.

The two leaders, who referred to each other as “my friend” in X posts after the phone call during which they exchanged New Year’s greetings, had emphasised their “zero-tolerance approach towards........

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