Israel's ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan answered this evening (Tuesday) at the UN Security Council to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: "As all the council members here know, Russia is using Iranian drones to kill civilians in Ukraine. Iranian terrorism will reach all of you, we all know the This, even Russia, which itself cooperates with Iran."
Earlier, Lavrov was interviewed by CBS and said that the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7 cannot be used as an excuse for further "barbaric attacks".
He referred to the massacres attributed to Israel in Lebanon and Syria and said that Russia demands that Israel put an end to the political murders.
He even called on Israel to stop attacking airports in Syria.
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Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, Russia has expressed a firm position against Israel's attacks in the Gaza Strip.
In December, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war with Hamas and the situation in the region.
The conversation between the two lasted about 50 minutes, and in order to have it, Netanyahu left the cabinet meeting.
The Prime Minister expressed his displeasure at the positions expressed by Russian representatives at the United Nations and in other forums against Israel. Netanyahu expressed strong criticism of the dangerous cooperation between Russia and Iran. The Prime Minister also emphasized that any country that suffered a criminal terrorist attack like the one experienced by Israel would act with no less force. from which Israel operates.
At the same time, the Prime Minister expressed his appreciation for the Russian effort to free an Israeli citizen with Russian citizenship, and said that Israel will use all means, both political and military, to free all of our abductees. Also, Netanyahu and Putin put pressure on the Red Cross in favor of visits and medicine for our abductees Not only Putin's positions provoked sharp criticism in Israel, but also Foreign Minister Lavrov,
who
said that the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7 "did not take place in a vacuum". According to him, it is "unacceptable" to use the terrorist attack on Israel to "justify collective punishment". towards all Palestinians.
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