The Russian Foreign Ministry underlined today, Tuesday, that the statement of an Israeli minister, who appeared open to the idea of ​​Israel carrying out nuclear strike on Gazagenerates a huge number of queries.

The day before yesterday, Sunday, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended participation in his government meetings “until further notice”. Minister of Heritage Amihai Eligiachou, who belongs to a far-right party that participates in the coalition government.

Asked in a radio interview about a hypothetical nuclear option, Eligiahu replied: “That’s one way.”

This statement “asks a huge number of questions,” said the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, according to the state news agency RIA.

Zakharova stressed that the main issue is that Israel appeared to admit that it has nuclear weapons.

Israel does not publicly admit that it has nuclear weapons, although the Federation of American Scientists estimates that Israel has about 90 nuclear warheads.

“Question number one – does it seem like we’re hearing official statements about the presence of nuclear weapons?” Zakharova said.

If so, he added, then where are the International Atomic Energy Agency and the international nuclear inspectors?

Eliyahu’s comment was quickly condemned by the entire Arab world, scandalized Israeli anchors, described as “unacceptable” by a US official and Iran demanded a swift international response.

“The UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency must take immediate and sustained action to disarm this barbaric apartheid regime. Tomorrow is too late,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdolakhian wrote yesterday, Monday, on Platform X.