The Kremlin announced cautious optimism regarding the evacuation of Russians from Gaza

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the authorities have become cautiously optimistic about the issue of starting the evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip.

During a conversation with journalists, he was asked to comment on the Foreign Ministry’s information about 300 children from the Russian Federation on the evacuation list, and was also asked how their evacuation would be organized.

“Every effort is being made to begin the evacuation process. As of today, precisely today, we have cautious optimism in this regard, that this process will be able to begin, to make an initiative. And continue it until the moment when all Russian citizens who wish leave Gaza,” Peskov said.

On October 7, Israel began bombing the Gaza Strip. This happened after the Palestinian group Hamas attacked the southern regions of the country. During the Israeli attack, about 1,400 people were killed, and more than 200 were taken hostage by militants. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said more than 10,800 people were killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The number of wounded exceeds 26,400 people.

Earlier today it became known that 85 Russian citizens were included in the list for evacuation from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah checkpoint on the border with Egypt. In early November, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it had provided the authorities of the countries involved with information about Russian citizens who had applied for evacuation from the Gaza Strip. According to media reports, there are two special Il-76 aircraft at Cairo airport to evacuate Russians from the Gaza Strip.