Hamas announced that it has today freed two Russian citizens held captive in Loop as a gesture of goodwill with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinwhile Israel expects the handover of another ten Israeli hostages as part of the agreement to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners in force since Friday.
“In response to the efforts of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, Hamas He freed two Russians and handed them over to the International Committee of the Red Cross this afternoon“the Islamist group said in a statement.
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As detailed, this afternoon “will be sent to the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russian”. In turn, the Israeli press assures that both released have double Russian-Israeli citizenship and they are women.
With this release, people with Russian citizenship released from Loop There are now three, after he handed himself over to another Russian-Israeli man on Sunday, Roni Krivoiin a gesture of the same type towards Putin for him “recognition of the Russian position in support of the Palestinian cause.”
Until now, 81 captives had been handed over in Loop -at least 61 Israelis and 20 foreigners- within the framework of the agreement exchange of Israeli captives in Gaza by Palestinian prisoners, women and children on both sides.
All of them are civilians, and in the case of foreign hostages this pact does not apply, but their release is due to parallel agreements, so men have also come out.
Ten more Israelis are scheduled to be released this afternoon in Loopwho must leave in exchange for the release of 15 Palestinian women and 15 children in Israeli prisons.
So far 180 Palestinians have been released.
All this occurs while there are still civilian hostages in Loopand Qatar mediates in the negotiations for an extension of the current truce, which began on Friday and expires tonight, but which could be extended for several days if the Islamist group commits to release ten more people per day.
