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“That India’s representative in Geneva abstained on Friday is a significant shift testament to the strong ties that have developed between Israel and India over the last 20 years, and which are taking off now under Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, a columnist wrote.

The ministry of external affairs spokesperson said that India’s reason for abstention in the resolution A/HRC/29/L.35 was the reference to the worldwide Criminal Court (ICC).

Israel has been in touch with the leaders of the five countries that abstained since last July, when India had voted against Israel in the UNHRC.

In reaction to the death of Ksbeh, hundreds of Palestinians mourned the incident at the Qalandiya refugee camp, with members of the Palestinian armed group Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade firing commemorative shots into the air. European Union member states like France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands all voted in favor of adopting the report.

India on Friday abstained from a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) vote for adoption of a United Nations Inquiry Commission report on Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” in Gaza past year, Times News Network reported on Saturday.

Palestinian envoy Ibrahim Khraishi also welcomed the resolution.

(AP Photo/Oded Balilty). In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015 photo, an Israeli vendor waits for clients at the southern Israeli town of Sderot, next to the Israel-Gaza border.

But on at least two occasions, India had voted in favour of UNHRC resolutions criticising the Syrian government even though they directly referred to the ICC, documents studied by The Telegraph show.

Earlier, Israel’s internal security agency said it had uncovered a Hamas militant cell operating in the Nablus area of the West Bank.

He added that Israeli soldiers “act in accordance with global law“. “I have no interest in debating the content of the resolution; it is an anti-Israel manifesto”, said the Israeli Ambassador to UNOG, Eviatar Manor, in a rare statement during the consideration of the resolution at the UNHRC.

Israel has strongly resisted allegations its troops violated global law, claims that could have serious implications after Palestinians joined the global Criminal Court, where they are pursuing war crimes charges against Israel.

India stood with only four other countries – Kenya, Ethiopia, Macedonia and Paraguay – that abstained from voting on yesterday’s resolution.

It also criticized the “indiscriminate” firing of thousands of rockets and mortar rounds at Israel, which it said appeared to be have been intended to “spread terror” among Israeli civilians.