Indian govt-owned company exporting ordnance to Israel amid ongoing genocide in Palestine
New Delhi: In yet another example of New Delhi’s complicity in the Israel’s ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians, an Indian state owned defence company exported ammunition and explosives to Tel Aviv as recently as January 2024.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Indian news website The Wire citing publicly available records said that Munitions India Ltd (MIL) – a public sector enterprise under the Indian Ministry of Defence – has also been permitted to ship its products to Israel as recently as January 2024.
According to a company brochure, MIL is engaged in the “production, testing, R&D and marketing of a comprehensive range of ammunition and explosives for the army, navy, air force and para-military forces”.
As per The Wire report, on April 18, 2024, the company has again applied for exporting the same products under a repeat order from Israel. Approval for the company’s second export to Israel is under consideration by the licensing authorities.
The news comes after it was revealed that the Adani group’s drones were exported from India to Israel.
In this regard, The Wire in a recent report said that the Hyderabad-based Adani-Elbit Advanced Systems India Ltd. – a joint venture company between Adani Defence and Aerospace and Israel’s Elbit Systems – had exported munitions in the form of Indian-made aero-structures and subsystems purposed specifically for military use for over 20 Hermes 900 UAVs/drones to Israel between 2019 and 2023.
Notably, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has close ties with Modi.
