INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Israel on Sunday formally declared war against the Hamas militant group after its fighters launched an unprecedented surprise attack against
media figures have not signaled explicit support for either of the warring sides, instead calling for de-escalation and peace talks
They did however blame the West, and especially the United States, for what they called a decades-long failure to ensure peace and security
his 71st birthday on Saturday as Hamas fighters launched their attack on Israel, has not yet publicly commented on the outbreak of
round of violence is, of course, fraught with further escalation and expansion of the conflict
said: "First, everything there [in Israel and Gaza] should get out of the active combat phase of war
While this active phase is ongoing, it is difficult to talk about anything for now.""The risk of third forces becoming involved in this
conflict is high," Peskov said, according to the state-run TASS news agency, after the U.S
moved warships closer to its ally Israel.Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign MinisterLavrov said Monday that creating a Palestinian state was the
"most reliable" solution for peace in Israel and that fighting terrorism alone would not ensure security.Creating a "Palestinian state that
would live side by side with Israel..
is the most reliable path to solve (the conflict)," Lavrov said during a press conference with the head of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul
Gheit, who visited Russia to discuss a resolution to the conflict."We cannot agree with those who say that security can only be ensured
through a fight with terrorism."He said Moscow was "deeply concerned that hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have died and that the Gaza
over a sharp escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
In this regard we would like to reaffirm our principled and consistent stance that this conflict, which has continued for 75 years, cannot
violence resulting from a chronic failure to comply with the corresponding resolutions of the UN and its Security Council and the blocking
by the West of the work of the Middle East Quartet of international mediators made up of Russia, the United States, the EU and the
anniversary of the start of the Yom Kippur War could have been expected
the Palestine-Israeli [conflict], these idiots have picked a fight with us and are helping neo-Nazis with might and main, pushing two close
ended up in the hands of those fighting in Israel, implying that Kyiv had resold Western arms to Hamas.Vladimir Solovyov, pro-Kremlin state
It turns out that not long ago before these events, Israeli intelligence concluded that nothing would happen and that everything would be
This conflict was smoldering, it was inevitable
We await the exodus of Russian pacifists
country should it become necessary."The number of losses on both sides is large, very large
As soon as we have this information, we will provide all possible assistance to the relatives and all the victims," Viktorov was quoted as
