India continues to export weapons to Israel despite the risk that they could be used in the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Amnesty International said in a new report on Thursday.The Indian government had “forged a close and profitable partnership” with the Israeli defence sector and has become a “significant contributor” to the supply chains that support Israel’s military operations, the global human rights organisation said.The findings in the report were based on shipment-level trade data between India and Israel. It showed how Indian weapons, ammunition and components had been shipped to large Israeli firms that supply the Israeli military.“Companies that are directly owned and controlled by the state of India are also identified in the report,” the organisation said.Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said that India was manufacturing and supplying weapons transferred to Israel “through its ownership and control over key supplier companies”.“Not only has India failed to regulate arms exports to Israel by private companies in line with international law and standards; it has also deepened its defence partnership with Israel,” Callamard stated.The official said that in light of the International Court of Justice’s provisional measure orders recognising a plausible risk of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, “the Indian authorities cannot credibly argue that they did not know that continuing to authorise and facilitate arms transfers to Israel carries a substantial risk of contributing to serious violations” of international law.“While the Israeli military was inflicting widespread death, destruction and suffering on Palestinians in Gaza, Indian companies continued to profit by supplying components and munitions destined for Israel’s defence sector,” Callamard added.Amnesty International said that its investigators had analysed nearly 2,600 shipments of weapons, ammunition and components from India to Israel since October 7, 2023.The right group cited records as showing that Indian companies supplied at least 3,90,516 small arms parts for military grade weapons, more than 5,64,900 parts of explosive ordnance such as drone warheads and artillery shell casings, and 298 components of military vehicles to large Israeli companies that are direct suppliers to the Israeli military.Israel’s military offensive in Gaza began in October 2023 after Hamas killed 1,200 persons during its incursion into southern Israel and took hostages. Israel has been carrying out unprecedented air and ground strikes on Gaza since then, leaving more than 73,300 persons dead.In September, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry said that Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.In June, commission said that the Israeli military had deliberately targeted and killed Palestinian children to commit a genocide. The Israeli forces have killed more than 20,000 children and injured 44,000 since October 2023, the panel said.Written by Nachiket Deuskar. Edited by Tanya Shrivastava.Also read: Opinion: Could India be considered complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza?India’s silence on Gaza cannot be explained rationally or morally, says Sonia GandhiIndia’s discernible shift away from Palestine