MOSCOW, December 4. /TASS/. A plane of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations with 120 Russian citizens evacuated from Gaza on board is on its way to Moscow, the ministry’s press service told TASS.

"A Russian emergencies ministry’s Il-76 aircraft carrying a group of Russians and their family members evacuated from the Gaza Strip took off from Cairo. The charter flight will bring in Moscow 120 citizens of the Russian Federation and members of their families", the press service said.

Earlier it was reported that the task force of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations in Egypt continued its work to receive people entering via the Rafah border crossing, with 133 more Russian citizens and their families having crossed it.

The Russian Mission to the Palestinian National Authority earlier said that efforts to evacuate Russian citizens and their families out of Gaza have resumed. The evacuation is taking place against the backdrop of renewed hostilities.