Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a ceremonial red-carpet reception upon his arrival in Tel Aviv. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally received him at Ben Gurion Airport.
Prime Minister of Israel tweets, “At the invitation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, arrives today for another historic visit to Israel, following his previous visit in 2017 and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reciprocal visit to India.… pic.twitter.com/qzIX3L0VLp
— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2026
Israel’s Prime Minister also marked the occasion on social media, highlighting the significance of the visit and the close ties between the two leaders.
#WATCH | Tel Aviv: PM Narendra Modi arrives in Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with his wife Sara Netanyahu, welcome him at the airport
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— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2026
In a post, he said, “At the invitation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, arrives today for another historic visit to Israel, following his previous visit in 2017 and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reciprocal visit to India. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Prime Minister Modi maintain a close personal relationship, and their deep, long-standing friendship strongly reflects the relations between the two countries…”
An Israeli commentator has described the visit as part of a broader geopolitical shift linking the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.
Writing in The Times of Israel, Rafi Glick observed, “Modi’s visit forms part of a wider process reshaping the geopolitical space between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, where ports, trade corridors and security partnerships are becoming key instruments in defining the emerging regional order.”
He added, “The direction is clear: India is no longer a distant player in Middle Eastern geopolitics — it is becoming one of its architects”.
