From secret airbases to letter bombs and aborted airstrikes, the untold story of a decades-long shadow war that shaped the nuclear balance of power across the Muslim world.
On February 25, 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel for a two-day state visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Standing before the Knesset, Modi declared: “We feel your pain. India stands with Israel firmly, with full conviction, in this moment and beyond. Nothing justifies killing civilians.” The Israeli parliament gave him a standing ovation, and Knesset Speaker Ohana placed the first-ever Knesset Medal on the Indian leader.
Netanyahu, calling Modi “more than a friend, a brother,” used the occasion to announce a “hexagon of alliances” that would include India in a strategic bloc committed to standing against what he termed “radical axes.” The visit was preceded by an intense flurry of bilateral engagements: the first-ever round of India-Israel Free Trade Agreement negotiations, the 10th Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, and a defense industry seminar pairing 30 Indian and 26 Israeli defense companies. India is now Israel’s largest arms customer, accounting for 46% of Israeli weapons exports, with discussions reportedly including technology transfer for the Iron Dome missile defense system and Israel’s new Iron Beam high-energy laser weapon.
The corporate media depicted this as a story about trade deals and diplomatic optics. What went almost entirely unmentioned was the far darker foundation on which this alliance rests: a history of covert military planning, sabotage, assassination, and an aborted joint operation that nearly brought India, Israel, and Pakistan to the brink of nuclear war.......
