New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Thursday, while speaking at an event hosted by the Israeli Embassy in India, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for supporting Israel in its right to self-defence.

Azar, while speaking to ANI on the sidelines of an event commemorating the October 7 massacre, said that he hoped to see peace in their region in the coming years.

"We had here a very moving event which we hosted a member of a family that was taken hostage on October 7th. Thankfully that family survived and was able to unify with their father. We are thankful for all our Indian friends and foreign ambassadors that came to share with us our grief but also the hope for peace the hope for restoration of quiet a...