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Israeli PM's Armed force Secretary Explores Moscow to Explain Hamas Hostages

.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office claimed Monday that his senior military consultant visited Russia to explain the yield of Israeli prisoners held by the Hamas militants." The Prime Minister's Military Assistant, Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman returned this morning from a check out to Moscow, the goal of which was to evolve the prisoners work," the workplace said in a claim.Gofman, who is actually initially coming from Belarus, was actually mentioned to have spoken along with Russian authorities concerning the destiny of Alexander Lobanov, a double Russian-Israeli resident who was actually amongst 251 people taken hostage during Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel.On Saturday, the Israeli armed forces recovered the bodies of 6 captives, consisting of Lobanov's, in the Gaza Strip. Around 100 hostages continue to be in bondage, dozens of whom the Israeli armed force says are actually probably dead.Massive demonstrations erupted in Israel on Sunday night in an outpouring of despair and also rage over the 6 hostages who were discovered lifeless over the weekend, with contact us to support an across the country strike on Monday to push the authorities to protect the launch of the surviving prisoners.The Kremlin has not commented on Gofman's trip to Moscow. Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov expressed condolences over Lobanov's fatality and also vowed to continue pursuing coming back Alexander Trufanov, another Russian-Israeli captive.Moscow, along with dozens of other countries, has actually condemned Israel's perform in its own unmerciful war on Gaza punitive to the attack by Hamas militants in 2014. Simultaneously, Russia has reinforced armed forces and political connections along with Iran, a traditional ally of Hamas.Gofman, who transferred to Israel in the 1990s, was actually the highest-ranking policeman wounded in the Oct. 7 attack, which led to the deaths of 1,205 folks, mainly private citizens, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli formal figures.Israel's war on Gaza, on the other hand, has actually so far killed a minimum of 40,691 folks in Gaza, depending on to the local health and wellness ministry. The UN civil rights office says most of the dead are females and also youngsters.AFP contributed reporting.

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