{"id":120101,"date":"2023-11-07T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120101"},"modified":"2023-11-07T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:29:56","slug":"kremlin-slams-israeli-ministers-threat-to-drop-nuke-on-gaza-and-urges-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/kremlin-slams-israeli-ministers-threat-to-drop-nuke-on-gaza-and-urges-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin slams Israeli minister’s threat to drop nuke on Gaza and urges inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Kremlin spokeswoman has weighed in on comments by an Israeli minister who appeared to suggest he was open to using nuclear weapons in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended Heritage Minister Amihay Eliyahu on Sunday from cabinet meetings \u201cuntil further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n

When Eliyahu was asked about a potential nuclear strike in Gaza he responded: \u201cThat\u2019s one way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments drew outrage from a number of countries and, now, Russia has weighed in on the situation.<\/p>\n

Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman said: \u201cThis has raised a huge number of questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She claimed that the comment showed that Israel admitted to possessing nuclear weapons – Tel Aviv has not publicly acknowledged its nuclear arsenal but the Federation of American Scientists estimates the country has around 90 warheads.<\/p>\n

The RIA News Agency quoted Zakharova as saying: \u201cQuestion number one – it turns out that we are hearing official statements about the presence of nuclear weapons?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf so, then where are the International Atomic Energy Agency and international nuclear inspectors?\u201d<\/p>\n

Zakharova then claimed that the US must have helped Israel test its nuclear weapons as no tests have been carried out in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cIf this program exists and existed, where were the tests conducted, at what testing grounds? Obviously, apparently not in the region, then where? And isn’t the United States behind all this?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Israel Defense Forces target Hamas outpost in Gaza<\/h3>\n