Scores of disappointed Indians took to Twitter to express their disbelief after seeing India's name being omitted from the list of countries that were thanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for standing with his nation during the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Netanyahu on Sunday (May 16) morning expressed his gratitude to a list of 25 countries that included the United States, Albania, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, and Ukraine. 

The 71-year-old PM used the emoticons of the flags of the countries in a tweet which said, "Thank you for resolutely standing with Israel and supporting our right to self-defense against terrorist attacks."

🇺🇸🇦🇱🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇦🇧🇷🇧🇬🇨🇦🇨🇴🇨🇾🇨🇿🇬🇪🇩🇪🇬🇹🇭🇳🇭🇺🇮🇹🇱🇹🇲🇩🇳🇱🇲🇰🇵🇾🇸🇮🇺🇦🇺🇾
Thank you for resolutely standing with 🇮🇱 and supporting our right to self defense against terrorist attacks.

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) May 15, 2021

However, one country's flag that was missing in the post was that of India, which has remained a staunch ally of the Middle East nation.

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Netanyahu's decision to not include India in the list could be due to the Indian government showing no official statement of supporting Israel's stance in the Israel-Palestine violence.

However, by no means does that mean that the citizens of India have not shown their support to Israel, with many being vocal on social media in standing against Palestine.

Unsurprisingly, the Israeli PM's decision to not feature India in the Twitter post did not go down well with these Indian supporters, who spammed Netanyahu's post to question him on their country's exclusion.

Interesting.... India missing .... https://t.co/jhK1N0S9sH

— J Gopikrishnan (@jgopikrishnan70) May 16, 2021

What the hell man, you forgot to add India???? We have always stood in solidarity as a strong ally of Israel.

— ANKIT MENON (@TheAnkitMenon) May 16, 2021

Why not India !

— CoviBuddy Srijan (@srijanpalsingh) May 16, 2021

@IsraeliPM Where is the Flag of India ? 🇮🇳 #IndiaStandWithIsrael

— Sunil Sahoo (@warmbloodedguy) May 16, 2021

Where is Indian Flag? The people of india are strong supporter of Israel.

— Priyanka shukla (@Priyanka8912) May 16, 2021

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— 🇵🇸 (@FourFourOnGlue) May 15, 2021

Some even took shots at the Indian government for not showcasing its support to Israel in its fight against Palestine.

Why is the 🇮🇳 flag missing from here?

Why did the 🇮🇳 government fail to recognize #Israel's right to defend itself against terrorism?

India, one of the biggest victimy of terrorism, again failed to take a decent and moral stand. #indiawithisrael

— Vijeta Uniyal (@iUniyal) May 16, 2021

@PMOIndia @narendramodi Ji Sir, why My flag is not in this, Why we r not supporting #Israel against #HamasTerrorism ? https://t.co/MEa6CX6AD4

— अनुप (@AnupMulay1) May 16, 2021

Not a foreign policy expert but on a face of it looks like @narendramodi ji @DrSJaishankar ji has undone all efforts of good work which they themselves did in building ties with Israel. Continues statement by @netanyahu shows that he & Israel where expecting clearer stand from🇮🇳

— Sameet Thakkar (@thakkar_sameet) May 16, 2021

@narendramodi जी प्लीज clear your stand..
You know better but tell us why we are not supporting openly to #Israeli and acting like Neutral..
You called @IsraeliPM as Indians true friend then in this critical time atleast we should support them..#IndiaStandsWithIsrael https://t.co/KnfllRIykB

— MB (@MBtweet11) May 16, 2021

India support Israel right to self defence against terrorism. Understand and respect the India's silence over this conflict. We are with Israel. #IndiaStandWithIsrael

— Kirti Tiwari 🇮🇳 (@ikirtitiwari) May 16, 2021

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