Deputy prime ministers. Next, russian broadcast 24, the fifth studio will continue the program and the presenter joins me, today this is anastaya efimova, nastya, greetings, tell me what we will talk about . Yes, sash, good morning, of course, we continue to follow the news from israel. Let me remind you that last weekend, the Palestine Israeli conflict flared up with renewed vigor. News this morning the Israeli Military is conducting a sweep. Cities in the south of the country, according to the press service of the israeli army, the Paratrooper Brigade is waging a stubborn battle, the brigade commanders and soldiers are conducting searches in populated areas, neutralizing terrorists, this is the end of the quote. At the same time, the tdf claims that more than 500 targets in the gas sector were hit overnight. And overnight , fighter jets and helicopters, along with artillery , struck more than 500 hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets. Gas is a quote from the defense army yes, hello, i hear you well. Very israeli. In direct contact with us is the Russian Ambassador to israel, anatoly viktorov, anatoly dmitrievich, hello, can you hear me . There was a lot of contradictory information over the past weekend regarding the victims, if we talk about the russians, according to your data, are they among the victims . Well, as it stands now, 10 30 am, october 9, we do not have confirmed data on the death of wounded or missing russian citizens, i emphasize once again confirmed data, some appeals to us were, including through the media, through internet, by the way, i would ask you not to disseminate unverified information, because it misleads relatives, worries them, well, complicates our work , which is already not easy, we closely monitor everything that happens, in contact with the israeli authorities, however, it is not easy with the israeli authorities now, since they are busy with many other issues, and often it seems very difficult to verify information, nevertheless, the Embassy Works 24 hours a day, the Consular Communications department, we check all the information, i say again, we do not have confirmed data about the injured russian citizens. Yes, its very its important, because indeed, there was conflicting information over the last one, lets be frank, you voiced it now or there was information about losses on both sides, they are large, very huge, and of course, we do not rule out that there may be casualties among them. Russian citizens, but as soon as we have this information, we will provide all possible assistance to the relatives of all the victims, of course we will report this, you just mentioned the victims, is there any latest data among the israelis among palestinians, what is the number of victims now . Well, i have the same data that comes from the israeli authorities, from the palestinian ones, we are talking about more than seven hundred dead. Israelis, most of them, by the way, unfortunately, are civilians, the Israeli Ministry of defense reports dozens of dead military personnel, and more than 2,000 2,300 or so wounded are in hospitals, israeli hospitals, they are receiving assistance, 350 or a little more , in a very dire situation, palestinians report approx. Four. 30 dead and also more than 2,000 wounded, they also say that civilians are leaving their homes en masse, we are talking about more than 100 thousand palestinians. If we talk about what kind of participation the russian side can take, will moscow make efforts to resolve this conflict. Let me remind you what has already happened from the Russian Foreign policy perspective. A call was made to stop the fire and still move on to diplomatic work, and from your point of view, can someone, perhaps from the arab states, also become a mediator in settlement . From the very beginning of the escalation, we have been in contact with all parties, with the palestinians, with the palestinians, the israelis, with our regional neighbors, as you know, minister Sergei Viktorovich lavov had a telephone conversation. His colleague samih shuhri, where both ministers called for an immediate ceasefire and the politician to begin a diplomatic settlement, now literally, today, negotiations between our minister and the secretary general of the arab league ahmed agulgate will take place, of course, the Current Situation will take priority in these negotiations. The main thing is that, here, passions are running high on both sides, the International Community is closely monitoring the situation, here now is really the most important thing, because these are not just words, it is important to cease fire, show restraint, stop violence , including against civilian population, to return to the negotiating table, there is no forceful solution to this problem, no matter how anyone is presented. Un Security Council, general assembly, it is precisely the failure to fulfill all these International Obligations that is the root cause of the next relapse of this terrible, so to speak, relapse in the arabisraeli conflict. While we are talking to you, new messages are coming in, the Israeli Defense forces repelled an attempt to penetrate a military base in the south of the country, the i24 news tv channel will report, the terrorist was stopped while trying to get into the base, and rescue and training teams were involved, among our forces there are no losses. Let me remind you again, this is media data, and you anatoly dmitrievich already mentioned the prerequisites, and if we talk a little more in detail than the failure to implement the un resolution, from your point of view, this is the current serious aggravation, very serious, what is it connected with . But all interested states , israel and neighbors and the International Community, in general, are a little at a loss, in the sense that an unexpected outbreak of violence occurred, there seems to be no specific reason, there is no specific reason for such a sharp escalation, but in fact we need to look for the reasons is that for a long, long time. The United States of america and the european union, which is being actively adjusted. Adapting its policy to the interests of the United States, this is monopolization, usurpation of the political process by the United States of america, an attempt to replace some new Security Architecture without due consideration of the just desire of the palestinians to create their own independent state within the borders of 67 of the last century with its capital in east jerusalem, which would be located and coexisted and lived in peace and security with israel, this is the main provision of the settlement that has not been fulfilled for 75 years, it causes these relapses, tell me, there were also a lot of different photographs and assumptions in the media over the weekend, and is there any information on how Many Russians have left israel over the past weekend, because the situation in bengurion , judging by the footage that is now public. Reflects the general situation in the country according to the assurances of the israeli authorities, which in general correspond to reality, of course, there are restrictions on the operation of the airport, well, here we are, i dont they officially said that they operate in a semiregular mode, in the sense that there is no, so to speak, cancellation of full flights from the guri airport. By the way, i want to say that the Israeli Airline ilal regularly operates its flights, two Russian Airlines red winks and azimuth, with some restrictions, nevertheless they carry out their flights , there is a physical and technical opportunity for russian citizens to leave israel, but of course there are difficulties there, because it is difficult to buy a ticket, they arrived on flights of some third airlines, not russian and nonisraeli, but now. It is, of course, difficult to reregister them , we have numerous requests from our citizens, we advise them, provide the necessary assistance, we will see, if the situation becomes more complicated, we will take more radical measures for export of our citizens, if this, if the Situation Requires it, means how many have left, but we dont have such data, we dont have a counter at the entrance to planes, so to speak, well, i cant say anything about this, how many have left. But, but there is an appeal, to the consular department, requests are received from citizens who have tickets in hand, but want to leave quickly, compared to previously planned dates, relatives, parents are worried about their children who are here in israel, there are not many of them, but nevertheless, they are there studies, and they also want to quickly get them out of israel , uh, there are other situations when the flight has been postponed, not cancelled, but people have run out of money that they allocated for their stay in israel , there are problems with the hotel there and so on, these are the questions we we solve everything for our citizens in around the clock. Thank you very much, anatoly dmitrievich, i will remind you that anatoly viktorov, the Russian Ambassador to israel, was in direct communication with us, now we will take a break for a short advertisement, after which we will talk about palestines reaction to the events taking place. 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Pyaterochka helps out. One of mine. Well, we really need megapowers, but why . Megapowers will make your internet unlimited, watch videos, listen to music, surf social networks as much as you want, free of charge, only for megafon subscribers. Megafon, the death toll as a result of israeli strikes on the gaza strip has increased to 436, among the victims. People, the enclaves ministry of health reports. Contact us, alya zaripovashe representative of russia to the Palestinian National authority, alya eldarovna, hello, can you hear me . Anasia, hello, i hear you. Please tell me, according to your data, how Many Russians live in the gas sector and are there any casualties among them . There are certainly russian citizens in palestine, registered at the consulate. On the west bank of the jordan river there are more than 2,000 people in the gas sector, in the gas sector in the enclave itself there are more than a thousand, about 1,200, again you need to understand that consular registration is not a procedure mandatory and voluntary, therefore we cannot say the exact number of our citizens in the sector , there are no casualties among our citizens, we are in Constant Contact with the consular post in the gas sector, with riflehem, with irikhon, with other cities on the west bank of the jordan river, so far. No information received. Regarding the escalation that is happening right now, what position do the palestinian authorities take, how much control do they have over hamas, can we even say that they take, well, in general, a less radical position . Look, palestinian authorities, this can redirect you to the latest statement by palestinian president mahmoud abas, who spoke about quote the right of the Palestinian People to selfdefense in the face of aggression by Israeli Settlers and the military. End of quote. The palestinian authorities, of course, do not control hamas, it is very important to separate here, hamas has controlled the gaza strip since 2007, in sbri, on the west bank of the jordan river, power de facto belongs to the fatah movement, whose members are the majority, and representatives of the palestinian leadership. These two forces, in palestine has longstanding disagreements, including regarding relations with israel, and yes, in this regard, fatahs position can be called a little less radical. Thank you very much for this clarification, because i think that not all of our viewers understand this difference, in palestine itself, what are they saying about the ongoing hostilities, why have they become so bloody for israel . In palestine, residents every day, for decades now, as everyone knows, are faced with aggression from the israeli authorities, settlers, in the west bank in the sector gas, especially since the palestinians themselves call the gaza strip, in the open air, so palestinians, residents of both the west bank and the gaza strip believe that what is happening is a natural reaction of the population to such illegal actions. Why so bloody . Unfortunately, i think the question is not quite addressed; we cannot be responsible for the actions of the islamists in the gas sector. I have one more question what do you attribute this serious aggravation to and can we say that it has preconditions . As we have already said, with since 2007, the gas sector has been virtually under siege by the israeli authorities. The difficult social and humanitarian conditions of the enclaves existence are well known to everyone. Therefore, at a minimum, this may be one of the prerequisites. Thank you very much, thank you for being our guests today and answering our questions. Thank you. But there are victims in a number of settlements in southern lebanon, during the current fighting, israeli troops fired from tanks and artillery, these same settlements, on sunday morning, the defense army israel said the strikes were carried out in response to the shelling. The Lebanese Hezbollah movement claimed responsibility for the shelling of three israeli army positions. Alexander rudakov, Russian Ambassador to lebanon is in touch with us now, alexander nikolaevich, hello. Hello, anastasia. Please tell me, accordingly, on sunday morning there was this statement that strikes had been carried out on one of the regions of lebanon. And hezbollah took responsibility for this. Lebanese authorities. Somehow this is commenting on these actions, i have in mind, and in general, how likely is escalation in this direction from your point of view, well, indeed, yesterday in the south of lebanon there was an exchange of blows between hezbollah and israel. While these actions are isolated in nature, nothing largescale has happened yet, however, of course, it cannot be ruled out that the situation will nevertheless begin to deteriorate towards aggravation, especially in the event of further. Escalation around gas. It must be said that the lebanese authorities take a restrained, balanced position; in particular, the Lebanese Foreign ministry recalled the day before that the root cause of the current round of violence is the chronic unresolved palestinian problem, which is key for the entire middle east. There is an urgent need to stop hostilities and return to the negotiation process on an International Legal basis. Well, its hard to disagree with this message from the Lebanese Foreign ministry. Tell. Please, is there any information, actually, hezbollah mentioned, is it helping hamas, is there any cooperation here at all, is this known . As you know, hezbollah and hamas are natural allies. Both organizations proclaim the task of liberating the arab territories from occupation , advocate the creation of an independent palestinian state, although of course, hezbollah, being an integ