MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. Two Russian special flights are at Cairo airport ready to evacuate Russian nationals from the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian airport official told TASS.

"There are two Russian Il-76 aircraft, waiting parked at the airport; they are ready to evacuate Russians from Gaza," the official said.

On November 5, these military transport aircraft brought humanitarian aid for Gazans to Egypt.

Tensions in the Middle East flared up again on October 7 when Hamas militants launched a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian radical movement described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel declared a total siege of Gaza and started carrying out strikes on the Palestinian enclave, as well as on certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Daniel Hagari announced an expansion of Israeli ground operations on October 27.