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Israel will hardly be able to ensure its security even by “drowning the Gaza Strip in blood,” Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said on Monday.

“Even by decapitating Hamas and even by drowning the Gaza Strip in blood it will hardly be possible to ensure Israel's security. After some time, the tide of hatred and terrorism may rise again with renewed force. This cannot be ruled out,” Ushakov said as cited by state news agency TASS.

“The Palestinian problem is unrivalled in terms of its ability to spread to the global level,” he added.

“Israel's military measures fail to narrow the activity of terrorist organizations. On the contrary, they expand it… This is entirely appropriate for the current tragedy in the Gaza Strip as well,” Ushakov stated.

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Ushakov cited former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov as saying: “Primakov far-sightedly pointed out that there were two options that would certainly thwart attempts to achieve a settlement on the Palestinian track through the creation of peacefully existing states - Jewish and Palestinian.” One option, he said is to “give the parties to the conflict a free hand to try to reach agreement on their own, without the participation of external forces.”

“The other is the monopolization of the mediator’s mission by the United States. It has happened exactly as Primakov predicted.”

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7, Russia has condemned Israel's bombardment of Gaza labelling it against international law.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that the international community should join forces to find a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“Russia’s position is consistent and does not change with the situation. We urge the international community to join forces in order to ease tensions, ensure a ceasefire and find a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” he said, addressing an extraordinary summit of the BRICS group, as cited by TASS.

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