Israel's Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon asked New Delhi to designate the Palestinian armed group Hamas as a terrorist fit like other countries and hailed our country's support in the operations against the militants in the ongoing war.

Israel's envoy, Naor Gilon said the need for proscribing Hamas as a terrorist organisation was taken up with India following the deadly attacks on Israeli cities on October 7 and added that the same had been discussed even before this.

"The important countries for us are with us. These are the democracies of the world. Having said that...I think it is also time to designate Hamas in India as a terror organisation officially," Gilon said."We spoke to the relevant authorities here. It is not the first time we spoke about it. I think we both understand the threat of terrorism. It is not something we are putting pressure on. We think it is due to our shared war on terror," Gilon said.

"We raised the issue after the attack and we are still in dialogue. We are speaking to India. It is a friendly talk...we see eye-to-eye on the vast majority of things including on counter-terrorism and other strategic issues," he said.

Currently, countries including the US, Canada as well as the leading grouping, the European Union, have already designated Hamas as a terror outfit.

Gilon also thanked India for its "100 per cent" support to Israel in its anti-terror operations against Hamas. He especially referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's post on X expressing his shock over the terror attacks and expressing solidarity with the people of Israel.

"Prime Minister Modi ji was among the first leaders in the world to come out with a very clear statement," he said.

"It is important to us as India is a very close ally. But India is also a very important moral voice in the world. When it comes to terrorism, India is also coming from the point of view of someone who knows what it is talking about being itself a victim of terrorism," Gilon said.

Meanwhile, Israel on Wednesday bombarded Hamas targets as it prepared for a ground invasion while more Palestinian civilians were killed and world powers at the United Nations failed to secure plans to deliver critical humanitarian aid. Over 1,400 people were killed in the unprecedented attacks on Israel by Hamas on October 7. Hamas has held more than 220 people hostage in Gaza. According to authorities in Gaza, around 6,500 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes by Israel.