Senior Hamas officials Bassem Naim and Moussa Abu Marzouk, and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov meet for talks on the release of foreign hostages, at a location given as Moscow, Russia in this handout image released on October 26, 2023. Hamas Handout/Handout via REUTERS © Thomson Reuters
Moscow Times/AFP: Hamas Working to Free 8 Russian-Israeli Hostages – Reports
Hamas is trying to locate eight Russian-Israeli dual citizens among nearly 230 taken hostage during its attack on Israel after Moscow's request to free them, Russian news agencies reported Saturday.
Russia has good relations with the Palestinian militant group, which it does not consider a terror group, and has launched a diplomatic effort to try to free hostages held in Gaza. Israel has said it believes 229 people were taken hostage by Hamas during its massive attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
"From the Russian side, via the Foreign Ministry, we received a list of citizens that have dual citizenship," senior Hamas representative Moussa Abu Marzook said, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. "We are looking for those people... It is hard but we are looking. And when we find them, we will let them go."
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Update #1: Hamas is seeking eight Gaza hostages at Russia's request - RIA (Reuters)
Update #2: Hamas Vows To Release 8 Russian-Israeli Hostages After Talks In Moscow (Zero Hedge)
Update #3: Hamas promises Moscow to release eight Russians held hostage — MFA (TASS)
WNU Editor: I guess these talks delivered something .... Iranian And Hamas Delegations Are In Moscow For Talks (October 26, 2023).
But I am skeptical that Hamas will come through. They are engaged in a full scale war with Israel, and their focus is to survive, not finding 8 Russian-Israeli hostages.
8 comments:
Hamas is "working" on releasing the 8 hostages??? They took them, just release them. If they truly do not know where they are at, then the Israelis must be creating significant chaos in the command structure.
I wonder who used the word, "working"? Hamas or the reporter/editor for the story.
They already hedged "it is hard, but we are looking. And when we find them, we will let them go."
More hedges than an English maze
and whensoever it may be that we find them, god willing, we shall set them free.
agree
WNU Editor (as always, along with his fan-trolls) ignoring the optics when it comes to Russia.
Those optics being Russia engaging with a world-recognized terrorist organization, not recognized by those who engage in terror themselves.
And Iran is there to boot.
Of course Russia doesn't care right now what westerners think.
But Russian citizens should take notice.
Of course, like WNU does with most things Russia does, (like the invasion of UKraine), this will be hand-waved and excused.
"Hamas is "working" on releasing the 8 hostages??? They took them, just release them"
What Ron said.
What really comes to mind is that Hamas could release them now, but ant to see if Russia will lean on Israel to release murders and baby killers in exchange
Hamas is looking for a 3 way trade. Israel gets shit. Russia gets citizens back or mobiks(?). Hamas gets their corpse rapers and murdered back.
uh whut? They are getting their kidnappees back?
Corpse-rapers. There's something about these fanatics that just isn't right.
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