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Hamas attacks do not justify Israel’s punishment of Palestinian people: Russia

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 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has demanded international monitoring be placed in Gaza and stated that Israel cannot exploit the surprise strike carried out by Hamas on October as an excuse to punish the Palestinian people collectively. According to AFP, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Vladimir Putin of Israel’s “dissatisfaction” with Russia’s support of UN Security Council resolution urging truce in Gaza. According to statement from Netanyahu’s office, “the prime minister expressed his dissatisfaction with the positions expressed against Israel by Russian representatives at the UN and in other forums” during their conversation.

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