Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that “Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have caused an escalation in tensions,” highlighting Russia’s commitment to the principle of a two-state solution.

In her statement, she noted that “Moscow expresses serious concern about the emergence of a new round of armed violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”

She stressed: “It was the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip that caused a new escalation of tension on August 5, and in response to this, some Palestinian groups began indiscriminate, unorganized bombing of Israeli territory. the deplorable humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

Zakharova reaffirmed Russia’s principled and consistent position, reflected in the relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly, in support of a comprehensive and long-term settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the “two-state” principle. periodic violence can only be stopped through negotiations that should lead to the realization of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state within the 1967 borders.