Peskov warned of the threat of the Arab-Israeli conflict escalating

The situation following the attack on Israel by Palestinian militants is dangerous due to the potential for the conflict to escalate. About this to journalist Pavel Zarubin stated Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on calls coming from the United States to “bomb Iran.”

“The situation is more than alarming; it is potentially dangerous as it expands and goes beyond the current Arab-Israeli conflict zone. Now it is very important that the parties maintain restraint and that such rabid people who are not used to reasoning soberly with their own minds do not have access to power,” Peskov said.

According to him, only people who have the political will to participate in the settlement process should be involved in what is happening now.

On the morning of October 7, Hamas began military operations against Israel. In response, the Israeli army launched Operation Iron Swords. The government announced that the country had entered a state of war. According to the Israeli Embassy in the United States, the attack by the Palestinian radical organization Hamas in Israel killed about 1,000 people and injured more than 3,400. Among the dead are four Russian citizens, the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv reported earlier. On the evening of October 9, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported 687 deaths in the Gaza Strip, including 140 children. About 3,800 people were injured.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the worsening situation in the Middle East a clear example of the failure of US policy in this region. In his assessment, Washington’s actions did not take into account the “core interests” of the Palestinian people and the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state.

Previously October 10 Peskov statedthat Russia has historical ties with both Palestine and Israel and maintains relations with both countries. Moscow, he said, participates in all formats of contacts with the Palestinians, during which they try to find common ground for resolving the conflict. But they do not work entirely effectively, the presidential press secretary admitted.