Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, with Hamas movement's troops infiltrating border areas. On October 8, the Israeli government announced that it had invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law, which means the country was officially in a state of war.

Russia's EMERCOM, Diplomats Cooperate to Evacuate Nationals From Gaza Strip

10:54, 12 November 2023

Muhammad Nooh Osman

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Since early October, Israel and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas have been engaged in one of the deadliest escalations. In response to a Hamas attack, Tel Aviv declared war and imposed a blockade on Gaza Strip. Over 11,000 civilians, including more than 4,500 children, have been killed in Gaza, while 1,400 people have been killed in Israel.

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The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) said on Sunday that, together with Russian diplomats in Palestine, it has organized work to evacuate Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip.

"During this week, a task force of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has been working to coordinate the order and routes of evacuation of Russian citizens who have found themselves in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," the ministry said.

According to the ministry, Russian citizens trying to leave the Israel-Hamas conflict zone are currently passing through the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border. EMERCOM specialists are providing them with medical and psychological assistance, food and water on the spot.

"All citizens of the Russian Federation who crossed the border today will be sent to Cairo, where the operational headquarters of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations is deployed. There they will be helped to prepare all the necessary documents," EMERCOM said.