MFA: 19 Ukrainians killed in Israel, three in Gaza Strip

"The total number of confirmed casualties among Ukrainians in Israel: 19 dead and one missing. In the Gaza Strip – three dead," Oleg Nikolenko, the spokesman for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, told Ukrinform.

Earlier, Nikolenko confirmed the death of two Ukrainian children, born in 2014 and 2017, in the Gaza Strip.

On the morning of October 7, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Militants stormed into the country, simultaneously launching a massive rocket attack. Nearly 1,400 people have been killed in Israel since then, and hundreds of people have been taken hostage by the militants. Israel officially declared a state of war and mobilized 300,000 reservists to respond to the terrorist attack and invasion of Hamas, and began to destroy the military facilities of this movement.

On the night of October 13, the Israeli military warned the UN that the entire population of Gaza north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to the southern part within the next 24 hours. About 1.1 million people live in this region. Currently, people are leaving the region. Hamas militants are obstructing the evacuation of civilians.

The United States, the EU, Ukraine, and a number of other countries have condemned the attacks on Israel.