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| Four Russians killed and six missing after Hamas attacks on Israel |
| 2023-10-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The number of Russian citizens killed after Hamas attacks on Israel has risen to four, and the number of missing persons has risen to six, the Russian Embassy in Israel reported on October 10. Earlier, diplomats reported two Russian citizens killed as a result of Hamas attacks. “We regret to inform you that, according to updated data from the Israeli side, as of 17:00 on October 10, four citizens of the Russian Federation, who also had Israeli citizenship, are listed as dead. We are currently engaged in clarifying all the circumstances,” TASS quotes embassy press secretary Marina Ryazanova. As Regnum reported , Hamas representatives previously stated that among those captured were dozens of people with dual citizenship, including Russian. This information is being verified, the Kremlin noted. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously urged Russian citizens not to travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories, and fellow citizens already there to exercise maximum caution and stay in touch with diplomats to minimize risks. Russian citizens in Israel may leave the country, since flights continue to operate, and the issue of evacuating Russian citizens in Palestine is being worked out, noted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. On October 7, Hamas launched a rocket attack on Israeli territory, and several settlements were also captured. Israel launched retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip. According to official data, more than 900 people were killed in Israel, more than 100 people were captured, and more than 800 people were killed in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli authorities announced the transfer of the state to a state of war. The Israel Defense Forces announced that 300,000 reservists had been called up for service and promised to destroy Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the start of a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas strike on Israel was an unexpected disaster for local authorities and a failure for Washington, an expert at the Association of Military Political Scientists, associate professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the Russian University of Economics, noted earlier in an interview with IA Regnum . G. V. Plekhanov Oleg Glazunov . The incident indicates the loss of influence of the United States in the Middle East, the expert believes. |
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