Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has confirmed that Hamas released another group of hostages on Sunday, two Hungarian children among them.
The foreign minister said that together with the woman released on Saturday, all three Hungarian hostages falling under the agreement between Israel and Hamas — the women and children — have been freed. “I thanked my Qatari colleague for aiding the release of Hungarian hostages as they promised earlier,” Szijjártó said.
In an interview published in business weekly Világgazdaság on Saturday, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky described the attack on Israel as “barbarian beastiality committed against our civilisation” and added that Hungary supported Israel’s right for self-defence. The resurgence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict also highlights the fact that a peace deal cannot be signed with terrorists, and the combination of uncontrolled, mass migration and terrorism results in an increasing threat, he said.
Hungary fulfilled the NATO requirement of defence spending to reach 2% of GDP in 2023, one year ahead of the deadline, he said. Szalay-Bobrovniczky said he wanted Hungary to have a dedicated military equipped with high-tech technology by 2030.
In an interview published in business weekly Világgazdaság on Saturday, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky described the attack on Israel as “barbarian beastiality committed against our civilisation” and added that Hungary supported Israel’s right for self-defence. The resurgence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict also highlights the fact that a peace deal cannot be signed with terrorists, and the combination of uncontrolled, mass migration and terrorism results in an increasing threat, he said.
Hungary fulfilled the NATO requirement of defence spending to reach 2% of GDP in 2023, one year ahead of the deadline, he said. Szalay-Bobrovniczky said he wanted Hungary to have a dedicated military equipped with high-tech technology by 2030.