
The Palestinian movement Hamas allowed citizens of the United States, Germany, Canada, Romania, Ukraine and the Philippines to leave the gas sector. This follows from the statement of the Gaza border service on Facebook, it is given by TASS.
The movement published lists of 373 citizens of foreign states and Palestinians with dual citizenship, which can leave the sector through the RAFAC checkpoint on November 8, there are no Russians on these lists. All citizens mentioned in the document must be present at the checkpoint at 07:00 [08:00 Moscow time] to “facilitate the transition process,” the report said. The document, according to the agency, contains the names and passport data of citizens.
At least 100 US citizens appear in the Hamas -published Hamas.
On the eve of a member of the Politburo group Hamas Abu Marzuk said that hostages with Russian citizenship will not be released until fighting continues. He clarified that the Russian citizens will be able to transfer to the red cross when "the Israelis stop shooting." However, earlier, while in negotiations in Moscow, Marzuk promised to “more positively and carefully” to relate to the requests of “Russian friends” about the release of hostages. The military wing Hamas announced the death of 7 hostages during the shelling of the Jabali refugee camp in the north of the gas sector on October 31, their citizenship was not specified. To date, Hamas released four hostages out of 239, which are supposed to be in conclusion.
On November 1, the Rafach checkpoint was opened on the border of Egypt and the gas sector - it is through it that the wounded and foreigners will be able to leave the sector for the first time. Earlier in October, it was already reported to open this item, but not a single hostage or foreigner went through it.
The aggravation of the conflict in 2023 began with the invasion of the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7 to Israel. Hamas members released about 3 thousand missiles in Israel, the militants broke into the border areas. Hamas participants took hostages of Israeli military and civilians, the total number of those killed in Israel since the invasion exceeded 1,400 people, about 200 people were abducted and more than 2 thousand were injured. There were also evidence of the murders of civilians: for the first day of the attack, the Hamas militants sank at the Supernova Sukkokot Gathering music festival 30 km from the border with the gas, after which about 260 bodies were found in the desert. Israel responded to Hamas invasion by blows on the gas sector. According to the Ministry of Health of Palestine, the number of those who died in the sector during this time is more than 10 thousand.