Of the morning news and i give the floor to studio five. Yes, alexander, thank you, lets just touch on this very important , very touching, of course, topic of the situation in the middle east, these are the actions of the Israeli Armed forces, the actions of groups in in particular, hamas and the counteractions of both, which lead to all this, of course , to very sad consequences for the civilian population, in particular in the gas sector, every day we see very alarming footage from there and the numbers of dead, wounded, and destitute are unfortunately growing every day. We will now talk about the situation with the ambassador extraordinary plenipotentiary of russia to israel, anatoly viktorov. Anatoly dmitrievich, greetings, hello anatoly dmitrievich, this is the situation now. Are there any more attacks from the palestinian sides . Well, unfortunately, over the past 24 hours, the confrontation between israel and the gas strip has continued, rocket attacks from Gaza Continue on the south of israeli territory, in turn, since the beginning of the escalation, a known figure of 7,500 rockets has been fired from there by Israeli Armed. Respond, continue to launch missile and bomb attacks on the semienclave, 320 of them have been reported over the past 24 hours. Yes, we have communication from time to time, periodically it disappears, still, it is necessary, yes, we still need to take into account what may happen now indeed, and, to work, the socalled jammer, probably also , uh, something all sorts of things here, yes, its difficult to advise something here, of course, we dont control the cosmic signal, but lets hope that after all, still of course, we will understand the essence, in principle, the answer to the first question is that everything is clear that the shelling continues and that, indeed, the topic of security is the main one now, anatoly. The main question now, i hope you can hear me, the main question now is russian citizens, russian citizens who are on the territory of the gas sector, who are now blocked there , do they have the opportunity to contact the Russian Embassy , do they contact the Russian Embassy, in general, how many of our compatriots are there now, who of course need help, communication is certainly bad, but but it exists, it contacts our representation at the Palestinian National autonomy in ramala , it contacts our embassy in cairo. About a thousand citizens of russia and other cis countries still want to take advantage of evacuation measures for which we are ready, russia is ready for this, all decisions have been made, planes are refueled, buses are ordered, but unfortunately, so far everything depends on the opening of this Border Crossing between gaza and egypt, which is so far. In one direction, thank god, at least this way, of course, for the delivery of humanitarian aid , three flights have been made in recent days to the gas sector, but in the opposite direction for now this transition is not valid for all foreign citizens, including russians, egyptian, israeli sides point at each other, say what it means there, security is not ensured, on the other hand it is denied, well, in general, no political decision has been made yet. To open the exit for foreign citizens, we are expecting any minute, literally, we are ready for our part, we are in touch, there is a message that there are two russian federation, among those who were captured on october 7 and hamas militants and other then structures, we are actively working in this direction, it really is not a figure speech, we are in active contact with those who can help us resolve this issue, until we have established the location of the citizens, but we are trying to do this, yes, as soon as we find out, we understand that in the Current Situation this is very difficult to do, as accepting taking into account the fact that the gas sector is now taking shape in the territory and the fact that now it may absolutely be that there is no communication there, because there is no fuel there, just the day before they said that the hospitals had even run out of this fuel, but yes, these are ours correspondents will tell you who are also on the ground, and anatoly dmitrievich, here , right now, the situation is like this on the northern border, because we periodically. Also hear about that, in particular, just today information came in about that the Israeli Military eliminated five groups of militants overnight who were trying to attack in the northern border area, that is, we are probably talking about groups like hisbolah, how tense is the situation there now, in your opinion, and many are now observers who comment on the situation say that this Northern Front could really open there, and indeed, post. Reports of skirmishes and hostilities even in the north, on the Northern Borders of israel, not only with lebanon, but in near the dutch heights, skirmishes with different groups were noted, for example, the death of twenty, the liquidation, well, the death of 27 militants, hezbollah, so far this is of a local nature, but in the right situation, of course, further aggravation cannot be ruled out, this is, by the way, what we are against, but pay attention, yesterday Sergei Viktorovich said, when we talk about escalation and spread to the region, well, here the americans play a leading role, they are one of the first in the leadership, which means that the situation is for sending there two military personnel from some aircraft carriers, and so on and so on , this is also not a very constructive role , we will, thats why we advocate an immediate, immediate cessation. Resolution of humanitarian issues, the removal of foreign citizens from the territory of the gas sector, and of course, the accelerated, so to speak, establishment of dialogue between israel and palestine, well, in particular, israel, here today, praised egypt for its role in the release of hostages held in the gas sector, it evaluates it as effective and even key, that is, what is the question here, are there any. Tangible, even just a little, elements of what can be called, i dont know, there are hopes for resolving this conflict, the role of egypt meaning, the release of hostages, or more broadly, the release of hostages, this is me, this is the news that came from the tas agency a few minutes ago, information was received about the release of two us citizens who have both israel and two israeli citizens, this was on the twentieth and twentythird, yesterday two elderly women, apparently due to their Health Conditions there on humanitarian grounds, were released, which means that we, by the way, our israeli colleagues also know about this, we are also actively working on the will of our citizens, this gives hope that foreign citizens will still be able to leave, and egypt plays here, of course, a very important and, if not one of the key. Roles, we also have ties with our egyptian colleagues. Anatoly dmitrivich, now everything , of course, is in anticipation, someone says that this will happen very soon, someone says that it will never happen, that is, completely diametrical assessments of what could happen, forecasts sound, i mean specifically about the ground operation of the Israeli Armed forces in the gaza strip. To your look, how realistic is this situation likely to happen in the near future . You know, even meteorological forecasts are not accurate, but here in such a situation some forecasts are being made, it is even more difficult, the israeli leadership declares its determination and the inevitability of a ground operation in what forms they are going to carry out, it is difficult for me to comment, but however, the operation has not yet begun, thank god it has not begun, and i think that the israeli leadership is aware of all the dire consequences of this kind of action, not only humanitarian, but the longer this confrontation continues, the more difficult it will be to return to a peaceful settlement, this is understandable, and there is no need to burden any further actions, lets hope that israel, so to speak, in in the end, will make the right decision in this situation , one cannot succumb to emotions here, feeling together is not the best feeling when making political decisions, we hope that it is precisely such arguments that will be taken into account, of course, we understand the feelings of ordinary peaceful citizens of israel, which we condemn the actions of october 7, taken against israel by its civilian citizens, reportedly on october 7 , but we cant put an end to it, well, yes, we condemn, we probably need to think about the future and the consequences of what is happening, and it is the future, it depends only on the parties , by the way, we are ready to facilitate this in every possible way, president putin spoke about this in a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister and the minister of Foreign Affairs spoke about this in his messages to israel and palestine, we are ready for this, anatoly dmitrievich, we of course remember here, including the recent words that were said by our president , vladimir putin, regarding the position our country takes here, that we have always advocated the creation of a palestinian state in the capital of the east, indeed so, and we have always been that the link that can be called , perhaps this guarantor of security, or perhaps in the region, now a guarantor of security, is trying. By the way, many countries, in particular turkey, the authorities of this countries, and how are you . Do you appreciate this news . Well, our general assessment is that our turkish colleagues are moving in the right direction, in fact, of course, it needs to be specified, it is not entirely clear what we are talking about, but the main thing there is that the call is on the countries that have influence on the parties to the conflict to coordinate their efforts and agree on some recommendations for the parties, well, this is probably a move in the right direction anyway, we will, of course, carefully study them and make our contribution if necessary. Anatoriy dmitrievich, thank you for answering our questions, i will of course explain here that we are talking about what the head of the Turkish Foreign ministry said, who proposed in this way to resolve this situation in the middle east by applying that very socalled, or rather, guarantor formula, this will of course be possible with , despite the fact that peace will be concluded between the warring parties, now of course this is far from happening, anatoly viktorov, ambassador extraordinary plenipotentiary of russia to israel, was in direct contact with us, i would like to draw your attention once again to the fact that you are on your own you probably noticed that the quality of communication is not very good now, which is also quite understandable; vladimirov, the first deputy chairman of the committee, is currently in contact with us. On international affairs, vladimir mikhailovich, we welcome you, hello, well, ill say right away, ill remind our viewers that you have already commented on this proposal from the turkish side to act as a guarantor of security, to use this socalled formula, the formula of guarantors , then, well, now this is of course, it is viewed positively, here is your an assessment of how believable this is, how much it can really help, at least get closer, probably, to what could at least relatively be called a settlement . You know, on the one hand, you can welcome turkeys initiative, act as a guarantor, and for a ceasefire, a truce, and possibly peace between the warring parties, between the palestinians and israel, but on the other hand, you still need to evaluate the possibilities and potential, i with all due respect to turkey in general, a strongly developing power, i think turkeys potential for influence and power is not enough to act as a guarantor of the settlement of the situation now that has arisen in the middle east, i have already said , i repeat, well, in reality, in my opinion, only two countries are capable of doing this now, these are russia and the United States, the United States the states have enormous influence on israel; they can stop the Israeli Offensive at any time. Force them to sit down for negotiations, but russia has enormous influence, authority, respect in the arab world, because many previous for decades, russia has shown itself to be a friend of the peoples, the people of palestine and other arab countries, although i repeat, we and israel have had very good relations in recent years, i would even say the relationship is warm, but unfortunately everything is changing, i think that if two countries our country, the americans, will be able to act together to force at least a ceasefire against the beings of the parties, then this. Will be a big step forward, well our president has already said, and sergeevich lavrov said yesterday that we are ready for negotiations with countries that are opposing each other, the americans are silent, in response to this the americans are sending air groups, placing new forces and equipment at their mediterranean bases, that is, they dont really want to enter into negotiations yet, but i want to tell you that every day. Casualties increase from one on the other hand, more and more new victims intensify the confrontation, an inexorable thirst for the month appears on both sides, and this is again a new victim, and this is such a tangle, such a Chain Reaction that needs to be stopped, and the sooner we manage to do this, the less will die women, children, innocent people on both sides, vladimir mikhailovich, when we talk about guarantees for the security of palestine, well, of course, its certainly worth mentioning some guarantees for the security of israel, yes, which it is also trying for itself somehow. In this way to achieve, with the methods and means that we now see, and which are simply erasing gaza from the face of the earth, probably the United States wants approximately the same thing, that is, there is a conflict of understanding, the guarantor and guarantor of security, the guarantor of security in that plan that there will be nothing that could even remotely harm in any way. Do you think that they are now simply excluded by the United States of israel . You know, i think that the americans have not yet given, well, excuse me, such a harsh expression, the command to israel to stop, israel, in fact, well , mr. Atanyahu, i understand that he is very much hurt that the israeli army suffered such a serious blow on october 7, he understands that for this he will have to answer to the israeli elite, to society, to the people, he wants to hit the palestinians as hard as possible in response, but this is a path to nowhere, this is a dead end, and i think that the americans also understand this very well, but i think that in my opinion, israel was also unexpected for him, here is an attack by militants hamas and for the whole world in general, it means there is some other force that is behind this whole process, which is not interested in the Peaceful Development of the process in the middle east, in particular in israel in the gas sector, which means, well, its possible just guess who it might be be, well, on the one hand, like the americans, i do not exclude the british environment there, because palestine is a longstanding interest of the british, you remember that he once had a mandate, which ended in 1947 and after that a state was formed israel, but the state of palestine was not formed, and of course, as our president said, a Security Council resolution on the creation of a palestinian state, probably the creation of a palestinian state, should play a role in resolving the issue will become the starting point for the normalization of relations between modern israel and this future state. What is the United States of america so actively opposed to . Again, vladimir mikhailovich, heres another question that surprised many, you said that this was naturally predetermined, i approved what the turkish authorities said about swedens membership in nato membership of this country in nato, and this country, the arab world, i must say, has had a very big grudge against this country for quite a long time, i mean, how since scandinavia in general, it probably puts itself somehow in the victory of democracy and all that, the fact that there you can burn the koran in the streets, which, of course, is categorically not accepted in the entire arab, in the entire islamic world in general , and how do you think this will affect the reputation of the turkish republic . Well, you know that erdogan gave the goahead to parliament. On the ratification of the protocol on swedens accession to nato, i think that this was the result of bargaining, definitely, which we do not know about, erdogan is an experienced politician, he is worthy of respect, because that he always puts the interests of his Country First , you know that he tried to get the american f35, tried to get it for it, whether he got it or not, we will find out later, maybe much later, but nevertheless, the decision took place, but to be honest, speaking about swedens membership in nato, this doesnt particularly scare me, because sweden is a unique country, it has managed to be. During the second world war, you know that on september 1, 1939, when germany attacked poland, sweden was here declared its neutrality, although this neutrality was very conditional , the germans sent weapons and weapons through the territory of sweden, sweden throughout the war supplied germany with armored steel, iron ore, thats what i want to say, that the fact that sweden was not a member of nato, this does not mean that it has been neutral in recent years, because sweden participated in all nato maneuver exercises, its warships participated in all training operations, so it would be that sweden would remain a member of nato it is neutral, little would change, in any case, in the event of a conflict, sweden would definitely take the side of nato. Well , the wellknown Russian Proverb works here you cant be a little pregnant, but still, yes, the position is obvious. Obvious during the second world war, when sweden was actually an accomplice of the nazis, sweden is now stating quite obvious things for