Israel is not pursuing any "hidden agenda" in respect to Lebanon by carrying out the Northern Shield operation, whixh solely aims to find and destroy Hezbollah cross-border tunnels, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren told Sputnik on Tuesday.

Israel has informed Moscow about the Northern Shield operation on the border with Lebanon aimed at destroying Hezbollah tunnels, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren told Sputnik on Tuesday.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Israeli Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel discussed humanitarian relations of the two countries as well as Middle Eastern crises during their talks in Moscow on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren discussed on Monday the latest developments in the situation around the Gaza Strip as well as the prospects of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict settlement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The United States has lost its military advantage to such a degree that it could potentially lose a future war with Russia or China, a new report to the US Congress warned on Wednesday.

The negotiations between Israel and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on a free trade deal are moving forward successfully, the director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry's first department for Eurasia said on Monday.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov on Tuesday visited the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah - founded in part by businessman and philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr., father of current US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman - where he discussed the possibilities for cooperation in the area of cancer treatment.