Israel issued a harsh statement against Russia after the visit of a Hamas delegation.
Israel characterizes the visit of a Hamas delegation to Moscow as a harbinger of terrorism and calls for its immediate expulsion.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs states in a statement that:
“Hamas is a terrorist organization worse than ISIS. The hands of senior Hamas officials are covered in the blood of more than 1,400 Israelis who were massacred, murdered, executed and burned, and are responsible for the kidnapping of more than 220 Israelis, including babies, children, women and the elderly.
Israel views the invitation of senior Hamas officials to Moscow as a shameful step that provides support for terrorism and legitimizes the atrocities of Hamas terrorists.
We call on the Russian government to immediately deport the Hamas terrorists."
Russian diplomacy today announced talks in Moscow with a delegation of Hamas and Iran for the first time since the conflict began almost three weeks ago.
According to the state-run Russian news agency RIA, citing a source in the Palestinian delegation, Abu Marzouk, a high-ranking Hamas official, is also in Moscow.
"I can confirm the presence of representatives of this Palestinian movement in Moscow," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
He also confirmed that Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Khani is also in Russia.
A Russian diplomatic source told state news agencies that the meeting with the Hamas delegation focused on the hostages held by the Palestinian organization, as well as the removal of foreign citizens from Gaza.
However, this source said nothing about the issues discussed with the Iranian diplomat.
According to the same source, Moscow insisted on talking to Hamas about the "immediate release of the foreign hostages in the Gaza Strip" and discussed "issues related to the removal of Russians and other foreign citizens from the territory of the Palestinian enclave."
The Iranian deputy minister spoke with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov, The two men discussed "the unprecedented escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"The need to stop hostilities in and around the Gaza Strip and to quickly provide humanitarian aid to the affected Palestinian population has been reaffirmed."
"Moscow and Tehran remain determined to continue closely coordinating efforts aimed at stabilizing the situation in the Middle East," Russian diplomacy added.
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