On the identical time, Israel has additionally been utilizing ?fairly brutal strategies? towards Hamas, the Russian president mentioned
Either side of the battle between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas have displayed “brutality” and “cruelty” towards one another, Russian President Vladimir Putin has mentioned, urging each events to prioritize pondering “concerning the civilian inhabitants” as an alternative.
Talking to reporters after a press convention concluding his two-day go to to Kyrgyzstan on Friday, Putin condemned the assault on Israel, calling out the distinctive “cruelty” exhibited by Hamas.
“Israel, after all, confronted an unprecedented assault, which has by no means occurred in historical past, and never solely in scale, but additionally within the nature of its execution, in cruelty – effectively, what can I say? We should name issues what they’re,” he acknowledged.
On the identical time, Israel has responded to the assault on a large scale “with fairly brutal strategies,” Putin famous, urging each events to “take into consideration the civilian inhabitants” regardless of “all of the bitterness on either side.”
The Russian president warned towards imposing a complete blockade on Gaza, calling this strategy to the Palestinian enclave “unacceptable.”
“Greater than two million folks dwell there. Not everybody helps Hamas, by the best way, not everybody, but everybody should endure, together with ladies and kids. After all, hardly anybody will agree with this,” the president insisted.
Putin reiterated Russia’s stance that the battle between Israel and Hamas may solely be resolved via negotiations, in addition to abiding by UN resolutions, specifically, creating an unbiased Palestine. Moscow is able to mediate within the battle, benefiting from its shut ties with each the Arab nations and Israel, Putin added.
“Russia can [help] exactly as a result of we’ve got developed excellent relations with Israel over the past, say, 15 years, and conventional relations with Palestine. Subsequently, nobody will suspect us of desirous to play together with somebody. However, after all, provided that somebody wants our mediation. That is all the time performed solely based mostly on an settlement between the events,” he concluded.
(RT.com)
