Three Russian citizens remain captives of the Palestinian group Hamas. This was stated by the Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi on the TV channel. “Russia 24”.
According to him, about 130 people remained in Hamas captivity.
“I think 11 of them are citizens of other countries who do not have Israeli citizenship. In my opinion, some of them have Russian citizenship. [россиян] three,” Zvi said.
Before that, Palestinian doctor Ismail Bashir, who was evacuated from the settlement among citizens of the Russian Federation, reportedIt was stated that some Russian citizens did not leave the Gaza Strip for unknown reasons.
On December 18, CIA Director William Burns handle He met in Warsaw with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Israeli Mossad intelligence chief David Barnea to discuss a new agreement to release the hostages.
Previously Hamas launched first hostages.