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From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 16, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 16, 2023
In first call since war’s start, Netanyahu tells Putin IDF won’t stop until Hamas destroyed
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) with a bouquet of flowers and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2020. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP)
In their phone call earlier this evening — their first since the outbreak of the Gaza war — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel “will not stop until it destroys the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas,” the premier’s office says.
Netanyahu also “made it clear that Israel was attacked by vile and cruel murderers and has gone to war determined and united,” his office adds.
