He said this on the air of Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.

He was asked whether there were about 400 Russian citizens left in the Gaza Strip.

"Yes," Martynov said.

Earlier, Assistant Minister of Health of Russia Alexei Kuznetsov said that 40 Russians evacuated from Gaza are planned to be delivered to Moscow on November 16.

Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov said that the Russian side is worried that the evacuation of Russians from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah checkpoint is under threat due to a possible aggravation of the situation.