Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, said that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is working to collect information about Russian citizens held hostage by the Palestinian Hamas movement. RIA News.
“Yes, we are working,” Sergei Naryshkin answered the relevant question.
Before that, the country’s Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal commented Words of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the progress made in negotiations on the release of Russians from captivity.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. The Israeli government has declared a retaliatory operation and is currently launching bombing raids on the Gaza Strip and conducting ground operations in the area.
As previously reported, there are at least eight Russians among the captured hostages. Russian diplomats guide We are making intense efforts to rescue citizens from captivity.
Previously Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs named There are obstacles to the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip.