<p>Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated his counterpart Narendra Modi on his party's victory in India's general election, expressing hopes that Indo-Israel ties surge to 'new heights'.</p><p>According to the results for all Lok Sabha constituencies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 of the 543 seats and the Congress 99.</p><p>The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has comfortably crossed the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>"I extend my warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on being reelected for a third consecutive term. May the friendship between India and Israel continue to surge towards new heights. Badhaai Ho !," Netanyahu tweeted on social media platform X.</p><p>Modi was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1992.</p><p>He visited Israel in July 2017 in a much-publicised standalone visit, seen by many as de-hyphenating India's ties in the region till then seen in the context of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and New Delhi's efforts towards a balancing act.</p>.Modi and his myth have been beaten .<p>He later also visited the West Bank, skipping Israel, and focusing on India's ties with Palestine.</p><p>Netanyahu's friendship with Modi grabbed a lot of headlines in Israel with the 'chemistry' between the two being talked about with a viral picture of the two taking a stroll barefoot at an Israeli beach. </p>
<p>Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated his counterpart Narendra Modi on his party's victory in India's general election, expressing hopes that Indo-Israel ties surge to 'new heights'.</p><p>According to the results for all Lok Sabha constituencies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 of the 543 seats and the Congress 99.</p><p>The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has comfortably crossed the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>"I extend my warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on being reelected for a third consecutive term. May the friendship between India and Israel continue to surge towards new heights. Badhaai Ho !," Netanyahu tweeted on social media platform X.</p><p>Modi was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1992.</p><p>He visited Israel in July 2017 in a much-publicised standalone visit, seen by many as de-hyphenating India's ties in the region till then seen in the context of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and New Delhi's efforts towards a balancing act.</p>.Modi and his myth have been beaten .<p>He later also visited the West Bank, skipping Israel, and focusing on India's ties with Palestine.</p><p>Netanyahu's friendship with Modi grabbed a lot of headlines in Israel with the 'chemistry' between the two being talked about with a viral picture of the two taking a stroll barefoot at an Israeli beach. </p>