MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. Russian diplomats have no information about their compatriots killed in the Gaza Strip, Aliya Zaripova, spokeswoman for the Russian Mission to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), told TASS.

"There is no such information yet," she said in response to a question.

Earlier, the Al Jazeera television channel reported citing Gaza’s Health Ministry that the death toll in escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza Strip had climbed to 9,061, while up to 32,000 people were wounded.

Tensions flared up in the Middle East after Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip attacked Israeli territory on October 7, when many Israelis living in the settlements near the border were killed and more than 200 people, including children, women and the elderly, were taken hostage. Hamas views its attack as a response to Israeli authorities’ steps against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and launched bombardments of the enclave and some areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also reported in the West Bank. On October 27, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Daniel Hagari said the IDF was expanding its ground operation in Gaza.