Russian Citizens Among Hostages: Latest Updates on Hamas’ Attack and Release Efforts

2023-10-08 10:50:00

Among the hostages taken by the Palestinian Hamas movement, there may be a number of Russian citizens. Israeli Ambassador to Moscow Alexander Ben Zvi spoke regarding this.

“They say here that there may be Russian citizens among the hostages,” TASS reports Ben Zvi as saying. He added that exact information on the number of hostages is not yet known, and data analysis is ongoing. The ambassador noted that some sources mention approximately a hundred hostages (including Russians), but this number requires confirmation.

Hamas fired thousands of rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip, following which the Israeli military stormed into its territory. In the cities of Be’ere and Ofakim terrorists held locals residents as hostages. It later became known that the Israeli citizens were released. The Palestinian military released the hostages several hours following they were captured, reports “National News Service».

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