Kremlin says Israeli bombing of Gaza violates ‘international humanitarian law’

The New York Post ^ | 10/28/2023 | Isabel Vincent

[thegagline]

Russia’s foreign minister said that Israel’s retaliation against Hamas terrorists in Gaza is against international law, and will lead to a crisis that will last decades.

Sergei Lavrov made his comments — the Kremlin’s most critical of Israel so far — in an interview with Belarus’s state news agency Belta reported Saturday.

“While we condemn terrorism, we categorically disagree that you can respond to terrorism by violating the norms of international humanitarian law, including indiscriminately using force against targets where civilians are known to be present, including hostages that have been taken,” Lavrov told the news agency.

“If Gaza is destroyed and two million inhabitants are expelled, as some politicians in Israel and abroad propose, this will create a catastrophe for many decades, if not centuries,” he added.

“It is necessary to stop, and to announce humanitarian programs to save the population under blockade.”

[thegagline]

Sergei Lavrov added, “If there is one thing that Russia knows, it is violating international law.” [cough, cough Ukraine, Georgia, targeted political assassinations etc etc]

[fhayek]

Was his tongue in his cheek? Did he keep a straight face?

The hubris of some people.

[Still Thinking]

What’s their position on beheading kids?

[NWFree]

But chopping the heads off babies warranted no such statement at all

What a fraud of a government

[Mr. K]

And what does Hamas shooting Rockets into Israel violate?

[Reverend Wright]

If Israel wanted to minimize its own casualties, it would copy the tactics Russia used in Grozny in 1999... hey, wait a minute...

[Sarah Barracuda]

Says the country that poisons its enemies, okie dokie then

[janetjanet998]

Lots of action again
Video
lsrael steps up its attack on Gaza amidst a total collapse of communication services
https://rumble.com/v3sbdwm-lsrael-steps-up-its-attack-on-gaza-oct-28-2023.html

Gunfire heard on the live Gaza feeds
https://rumble.com/v3ryjft-gaza-skyline-as-ground-war-with-israel-breaks-out.html

[Sarah Barracuda]

Well obviously nothing to Jew haters

[Secret Agent Man]

Russians/commies have zero moral foundation to speak on anything.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Lavrov’s an idiot. He has it exactly backwards; by using civilians and hostages as shields, the terrorists have placed themselves outside international humanitarian law and have forfeited their right to any protection under those laws.

[yldstrk]

Yeah the Kriminalin has forfeited the right to comment.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

As I recall, raping and abusing civilian residents of Berlin violated ‘international humanitarian law’. In fact sentencing political opponents to Siberian gulags violates ‘international humanitarian law’. And actually communism in and of itself 'violates ‘international humanitarian law’.

[rdcbn1]

Wow, after all the cites Russia has leveled in the Ukraine in a war Russia started.

[Lurker]

Cough….Chechnya….cough.

L

[Wayne07]

Waiting for all the Z Freepers to jump in and defend Lavrov...

[bte]

You people don’t seem to understand that America is no longer the preeminent world power, this is not the 90’s...the way things are going US and Israel are heading for disaster both economically and war(Ukraine)...so many people have warned but once the block is in the mind can no longer listen it is like trying to talk to a NPC democrat. TRUMP BAD. TRUMP BAD, ORANGE MAN BAD. HA HA its just SAD.

[MinorityRepublican]

[eeriegeno]

Bibi should have lit up gaza on the eve of Oct 7!!!!!

[TexasFreeper2009]

oh oh the people here who love KGB Putin are going to be upset about this