More than half of the hostages held by the radical Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip are foreigners. Among them are six Russian citizens. This was reported by the Israeli portal Ynet.
Currently, Israeli officials announced that the number of hostages has reached 222. 138 of them are foreign nationals, 54 Thai, 15 Argentinian, 12 German, six French and six Russian.
Salih al-Aruri, formerly deputy head of the Politburo of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas statedthat foreign hostages are in the Gaza Strip as guests and that Israeli detainees should be replaced with Palestinian detainees.
Before that, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named His personal defeat was Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7. Netanyahu also said that his current mission is to lead the state of Israel to a “overwhelming victory.” The politician described Israel’s fight against Hamas as a “war of lights against darkness.”
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised to destroy It is Hamas.