Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov said that about 160 requests were registered in the country from Russian tourists who want to leave the state. TV channel reports this “Russia 24”.
It was noted that approximately 200 people reported that they were ready to leave Israel when the flights were ready.
“Statistics are progressing, so far about 160 requests have been recorded in which people said that they definitely wanted to leave. These are mostly people from the southern regions of Israel, half of them are definitely from there… About two hundred (people – socialbites.ca) only stated that they, too, were ready to leave if there were flights, but they did not indicate an urgent need,” said the Russian ambassador.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Against this background, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on October 7 entry state of emergency in the country.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war. The IDF’s operation against Hamas was called “Iron Swords”.
Previously Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said About the preparations for the visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Russia.