{"id":292,"date":"2023-10-11T11:05:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T11:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eletron.me\/?p=292"},"modified":"2023-10-11T19:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:54:44","slug":"israel-rubbishes-claims-of-russian-involvement-in-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eletron.me\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/israel-rubbishes-claims-of-russian-involvement-in-hamas-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel rubbishes claims of Russian involvement in Hamas attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
The allegations are \u201ccomplete nonsense,\u201d Israel\u2019s ambassador in Moscow has said<\/strong><\/p>\n Israel does not believe that Russia was in any way connected to last week’s Hamas attack, the country’s ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Ben Zvi, said in an interview with Kommersant on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Ben Zvi was asked to comment on allegations against Russia on social media and by a number of news outlets that it may have been involved in the attack and that the situation in Gaza is beneficial to Moscow, as it supposedly draws Washington’s attention away from Ukraine.<\/p>\n The ambassador responded by calling the allegations “complete nonsense.”<\/em><\/p>\n “Firstly, we do not believe that Russia was involved in this in any way,”<\/em> Ben Zvi said. “Secondly, those who believe that the United States will have to redirect some serious resources to Israel are greatly mistaken,”<\/em> he added, noting that the US is a strategic partner and will continue to supply it with weapons.<\/p>\n “Russia understands this. So all the aforementioned claims are pure conspiracy,”<\/em> the ambassador said.<\/p>\n Ben Zvi also commented on claims that the Hamas militants who attacked Israel on Saturday were using Western-made weapons that came from Ukraine. “We have no evidence for such statements,”<\/em> he said, claiming that the allegations came from the Russian side.<\/p>\n “Russia has contacts with Hamas, maybe this information was received from them – we would also be interested to know,”<\/em> the ambassador said.<\/p>\n Kommersant also asked the diplomat to respond to the peacekeeping initiatives from the Russian side, which called for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations. <\/p>\n