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Putin: Russia has experienced first-hand what international terrorism is
2023-10-26
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russia has experienced and knows what international terrorism is, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 25 at a meeting with representatives of religious associations of the Russian Federation.
That’s very true. Islamofascist terrorists committed the Beslan atrocities, and more in that theater in Moscow.
He added that Russia will always feel the bitterness of the irreparable losses inflicted during the years of the fight against international terrorism.
International Muslim terrorism, to be precise.
At the same time, according to him, the fight against terrorism cannot be carried out on the principle of collective responsibility, when old people, women, children and entire families also die.
Hamas rules the Gaza Strip like a nation state, When nations start wars, as Hamas did on October 7th, they and their international partisans ought not be surprised when they get war back. Were Israel to do so proportionately, all the babies of Gaza would be beheaded in front of their families, who would then themselves be brutally murdered — some being raped before death and others afterward, just for funsies. Or Israel could do to Gaza what the Soviet Union did to Nazi Germany... How very lucky the residents of Gaza are, that Israel does not do either Russian-style or proportional response.
“Innocent people should not be held accountable for crimes committed by others. The fight against terrorism cannot be carried out according to the notorious principle of collective responsibility,” Putin said.
Go fuck yourself unsuccessfully, Vova.
The President called what is happening in the Middle East a humanitarian disaster. He also emphasized that Russia is following the situation in the Holy Land with anxiety and pain.

As Regnum reported, the situation in Israel worsened on October 7 after fighters of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas attacked areas adjacent to the border and rocket attacks on Israeli territory.

Tel Aviv has imposed a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, is preparing a ground operation and is launching strikes on Gaza. The death toll as a result of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip exceeded 6,500, more than 17,400 people were injured, Palestinian authorities reported.
...most of them have splinters and stubbed toenails. A couple of torn hangnails, too. Still, they are injuries, and must be counted.
On October 25, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the foundation for resolving the conflict in the Middle East should be the creation of a Palestinian state. He stressed that Russia condemns all manifestations of terrorism, and also condoles with the relatives and friends of the victims.

More from regnum.ru, related
Netanyahu said Israel has already killed thousands of terrorists in Gaza

The Israeli Defense Forces have already eliminated thousands of terrorists and are preparing to enter the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on October 25, as quoted by RIA Novosti.

“We have already eliminated thousands of terrorists, and this is just the beginning. At the same time, we are preparing for the land entry,” he said.

The Israeli Prime Minister did not disclose the timing, specifics or scale of the ground operation. At the same time, he noted that the main goals of the government and military remain the complete liquidation of the Hamas infrastructure and the rescue of all hostages.

Earlier, the American newspaper Wall Street Journal wrote, citing Israeli and American officials, that Tel Aviv agreed to temporarily postpone the ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israel, according to the publication, made this decision so that the US military could transfer air defense systems to the Middle East region.

CNN observers previously noted that American military advisers have repeatedly convinced the Israeli authorities not to launch a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, so as not to repeat the negative experience of urban battles during the Iraq campaign of the United States itself, and called for limiting it to air attacks and “targeted” raids.

Russian President Vladimir Putin previously warned about the consequences of a possible Israeli operation in Gaza. According to him, the ground operation using heavy equipment in the enclave, which Israel is planning against Hamas, threatens to result in serious consequences and many casualties.

The New York Times noted that Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip would lead to the fiercest fighting since World War II. The publication also predicted that the operation in the enclave could take “several months, if not years,” and lead to “the spread of the war to Lebanon and Iran” and large civilian casualties.
If only Iran hadn’t paid — and trained — Hamas to invade so viciously, the entire Middle East would not have to anticipate the discomforting idea of their own mass deaths. FAFO, guys.
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