section_path: Presidency (2020–present)/Gaza war
section_name: Gaza war
paragraph_text: Gaza war
  
  In October 2023, Milanović criticized Israel 's retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip, saying: "I condemned murders, I even expressed disgust and abhorrence, but the right to defense does not include the right to revenge and the killing of civilians." In October 2024, he compared " Netanyahu 's regime" to Putin and said that for him: "both Netanyahu and Putin are defendants on International Criminal Court ".