FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF ISRAELIS HELD HOSTAGE BY HAMAS IN THE GAZA STRIP RALLY IN TEL AVIV. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
Musa Abu Marzouk, a member of Hamas' political board and head of its "foreign relations department", has reported that Russia is asking the group for information on eight people held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti
Quote from Marzouk: "We received a list of citizens with dual citizenship from the Russian side through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We are treating this list with the utmost of care and will process it thoroughly because we view Russia as our closest friend."
Details: Marzouk said Hamas is now looking for people on the Russian list to release them.
The latest figures estimate that 222 people are being held hostage by Hamas.
On 28 October, reports emerged that the Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip after intense strikes with artillery and missiles fired from warplanes.
On 28 October, Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, proposed that hostages be exchanged for Hamas members in Israeli prisons.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the second phase of the war against Hamas had begun with the deployment of new ground forces in the Gaza Strip on the evening of Friday, 27 October.
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Individual-Dot-9605 on October 29th, 2023 at 08:55 UTC »
Axis of Evil, masks coming off.
gal_shiboli on October 29th, 2023 at 07:44 UTC »
“Closest friends” ah yes Hamas are besties with Russia?
my20cworth on October 29th, 2023 at 06:48 UTC »
Makes sense. Russia who killed 10s of thousands of Muslims in Afganistan and Chechnya wars and more recently in Syria.