New Delhi, Jan. 6 : Israel's envoy to India, Mark Sofer, on Tuesday said he saw no difference between the Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Hamas in the Gaza Strip in so far as carrying out willful acts of violence against unsuspecting and innocent civilians.

Speaking in an exclusive interview to ANI, Ambassador Sofer admitted that in some ways there was a similarity between what had happened in Mumbai in November last year, and what is happening in the conflict between the Israelis and the Hamas in the Gaza Strip.