Russia has expressed concerns over Israel’s decision to intensify military activity in the Gaza and has called for a complete ceasefire and restoring humanitarian aid, Anadolu reports.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, during a press briefing in Moscow yesterday, said Israel launched a large-scale land operation, sharply increasing the intensity of rocket and bomb strikes, resulting in a rise in civilian casualties.

“Reports indicate that approximately 300 people have been killed in attacks on social facilities and sites housing internally displaced persons in various parts of the Palestinian enclave over the past three day,” the spokesperson said.

“We are disappointed by this decision of the Israeli authorities, which inevitably leads to further loss of innocent lives and new destruction,” she stressed.

Zakharova maintained that the only path to normalising the situation in Gaza is through shifting the conflict’s resolution to a political and diplomatic framework.

“To achieve this, it is necessary to ensure a complete ceasefire and restore humanitarian aid to the population of the Gaza Strip, creating conditions for restarting the political process aimed at finding a fair and long-term solution to the Palestinian problem on internationally recognised legal foundations,” she added.

Zakharova said that Russia is actively and consistently pursuing the earliest achievement of these goals in close cooperation with partners and entities through international organisations primarily the UN.