News - Middle East: Russia has denounced as “shocking” reports of Israel’s plan to flood tunnels in the Gaza Strip with seawater, saying such a move would be a “war crime”.   

News - Middle East:

Russia has denounced as “shocking” reports of Israel’s plan to flood tunnels in the Gaza Strip with seawater, saying such a move would be a “war crime”.   

Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's Deputy UN Ambassador, made the remarks in a statement on Saturday, following reports that Israel has already assembled a system of large pumps to flood with seawater underground facilities in Gaza that are used to transport essentials from neighboring Egypt into the besieged coastal territory. 
The Israeli regime claims the tunnels belong to the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas where its fighters are hiding. 
"Such flooding could be considered analogous to 'do not spare them' order, but it is not only about that and not only about civilians who may be in those tunnels," the statement said.
"Of course, there most likely will be civilians, for where else would they go from the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza," it added.
The statement stressed that "If done, this will be a war crime."