Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: X/@IsraeliPM via ANI
A month after a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry led by Justice S. Muralidhar concluded that Israel’s action in Gaza constituted genocide, an Amnesty International report stated some of the ammunition and weapons that could have been used in furthering these “war crimes” had possibly originated from India.
The non-profit’s report, ‘Made in India: The Supply of Weapons and Ammunition to Israel’, uses shipment-level trade data between India and Israel to show how India risks complicity in “crimes against humanity of apartheid, genocide and other crimes under international law”. It also noted that the Indian government became a significant supplier for Israel’s military operations by forging a close and profitable partnership with the Israeli defence sector.
2,500 shipments
More than 2,500 shipments of small arms, parts, and ammunition, such as machine gun components, explosive warheads and artillery shells were exported from India to Israel between October 7, 2023 and November 30, 2025. Of these, at least 788 were determined to have military purposes.
The findings illustrate that India failed to regulate the export of arms to Israel by several private munition manufacturers such as PLR Systems (a joint venture between the Adani Group and Israel Weapon Industries), Indo-MIM, Kalyani Strategic Systems (a subsidiary of the Bharat Forge Group) and Ashoka Manufacturing.
Further, government-owned corporate entities like Munitions India, India Optel, and Advanced Weapons and Equipment India were found to have supplied high explosive artillery shells, mortar launchers, and sensor components to Elbit Systems and Semiconductor Devices throughout the period.
Outlining numerous measures that India must take, the report called for a comprehensive arms embargo covering the direct and indirect supply or transfer of arms and immediate cessation of all business relationships with Israel’s arms industry to ensure that they do not further contribute to grave violations of international law.
Published – July 31, 2026 11:00 pm IST
