White House comments on Hamas’ refusal to release hostages 00:50

US national security advisor Jake Sullivan said that militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas refused to release civilian hostages in their hands, which led to renewed clashes in the Gaza Strip. He is quoted as saying at a regular briefing: TASS.

“Minister [США] Joe Biden, Secretary of State [Энтони] Blinken, director [ЦРУ Уильям] Burns and I will contact our Israeli and Egyptian counterparts to pressure Hamas to resolve this issue. Hamas currently refuses to release female civilians who were supposed to be part of the agreement. Sullivan said it was this refusal by Hamas that led to the end of the hostage agreement and thus the cessation of hostilities.

On 29 November, it was reported that two hostages were released in the Gaza Strip. reached To Israel via Egypt.

Before this, the Palestinian movement Hamas reportedIn response to the efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the organization released two detained women with Russian citizenship. They were handed over to the Red Cross.

Russians who previously fled the Gaza Strip said about life in a war zone.



Source: Gazeta

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