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Friday, November 24, 2023
103 Gaza residents with Russian nationality leave for Moscow
Some 103 residents of the Gaza Strip who also hold Russian nationality were evacuated from the Palestinian enclave and are headed for Moscow on a special flight from Egypt today, Reuters reports, citing Russia’s emergencies ministry.
In a post on Telegram, the ministry said 101 Russian nationals from Gaza arrived in Egypt in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Russian evacuees to over 750. Some 650 have been flown to Russia, at least half of them children.