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Protesters calling for the release of hostages [AP=연합뉴스]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ji-yeon = Russia’s Sputnik news agency announced on the 28th that Hamas, a Palestinian armed faction that took more than 200 hostages during a surprise attack on Israel, is trying to free eight hostages with dual Russian and Israeli citizenship. local time) reported.
Musa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas politburo official, told the news agency, “Russia has sent us a list of citizens with dual citizenship through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Russia is our closest friend, so we are paying close attention to this list and are cautious.” “We will handle it properly,” he said.
Marzouk said he was looking for eight people on a list provided by Russia, claiming Hamas was treating civilian hostages as “guests.”
“It is difficult, but we are looking for them,” he said, adding, “The situation is difficult, but we will release them as soon as we find them.”
On the 27th, the Israeli military announced that 229 people were detained, excluding the four hostages previously released. However, he explained that these figures are not final and that further investigation is underway.
Hamas kidnapped a number of hostages during a surprise attack on Israel on the 7th and is believed to be detaining them by dispersing them throughout the Gaza Strip.
Abu Hamid, a member of the Hamas delegation who visited Russia the day before, said in an interview with the Russian daily Kommersant, “We need time to find all the hostages in the Gaza Strip,” and “release of the hostages is impossible until a ceasefire is agreed.” .
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