After more than two years of hope and waiting, the long-awaited news has arrived: Miran Omri has been handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross — meaning the last...
Women, older men and the sick are to be released in the first phase of the deal. The Hungarian national held hostage is a young man.
"We express our respect and appreciation to the American, Egyptian and Qatari diplomats who participated in the mediation," Minister Szijjártó said.
The foreign minister also said it was vitally important to guarantee the security of Red Sea shipping routes.
“I have now asked my friend Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi, the state minister for foreign affairs, for Qatar’s help in freeing the last Hungarian citizen being held hostage,” the foreign minister said.
In recent weeks, the foreign ministry has been in contact with 15 Hungarian citizens who had been stuck in Gaza without the possibility of getting out.
Seven Hungarian citizens are still stranded in Gaza, and cannot leave for security reasons, the foreign minister said.