This Tuesday, Russia turned to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to analyze the threat of the use of nuclear weapons against the Gaza Strip made by an Israeli minister, who was suspended by the prime minister.
The minister in question, Amihai Eliyahu, from the extreme right, admitted over the weekend the Using “a nuclear bomb” as a way to resolve war. between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas.
“He was referring to the resources available in his country or the use of [recursos] North Americans? Nobody explained. All these questions require an answer,” commented the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova.
The words of the Israeli Heritage Minister “takes climbing to a completely different level”Zakharova said, according to the Russian agency Interfax.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu distanced itself from Eliyahu’s statements on Sunday and announced his suspension from ministerial meetings “indefinitely”, but without dismissing him.
Following the Israeli minister’s statements, Iran called on the UN and the IAEA on Monday to take action “quick and immediate measures” to “disarm Israel’s savage apartheid regime.”
For Tehran, Eliyahu’s statements “are a sign that the The regime was defeated by the resistance.”, according to the Spanish agency Europa Press.
Israel has been one of the main opponents of the restoration of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 by Iran, from which the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018.
The Israeli Government has warned on numerous occasions that Tehran seeks to acquire nuclear weapons, which is denied by the Iranian authorities.
Iran has repeatedly emphasized that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that possesses nuclear weapons and is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Israel maintains a policy of ambiguity and does not officially confirm its possession of nuclear weapons, although it is believed to have them, following the revelation of its program by a former nuclear technician in the 1980s.
Russia has the second-largest nuclear arsenal, after the United States, and has also hinted at using it against Ukraine, although it noted it would only do so if its existence was in doubt.
Source: TSF
