.Israeli Head Of State Benjamin Netanyahu's office claimed Monday that his elderly military consultant visited Russia to explain the yield of Israeli hostages kept by the Hamas militants." The Head of state's Armed force Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman returned this morning from a browse through to Moscow, the goal of which was actually to progress the hostages deal," the office pointed out in a claim.Gofman, who is actually actually coming from Belarus, was actually said to have actually spoken along with Russian officials concerning the future of Alexander Lobanov, a dual Russian-Israeli citizen that was among 251 people hijacked throughout Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel.On Saturday, the Israeli military recovered the bodies of six prisoners, featuring Lobanov's, in the Gaza Strip. Around 100 prisoners remain in captivity, dozens of whom the Israeli military mentions are actually very likely lifeless.Substantial manifestations emerged in Israel on Sunday evening in a cascade of grief as well as frenzy over the six prisoners that were actually found dead over the weekend, along with calls to carry an across the country strike on Monday to push the authorities to safeguard the release of the making it through prisoners.The Kremlin has actually not talked about Gofman's vacation to Moscow. Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov expressed condolences over Lobanov's death and also swore to continue pursuing returning Alexander Trufanov, another Russian-Israeli captive.Moscow, along with dozens of various other nations, has condemned Israel's conduct in its own unmerciful war on Gaza punitive to the attack by Hamas militants last year. All at once, Russia has actually reinforced army and also political associations with Iran, a standard ally of Hamas.Gofman, who transferred to Israel in the 1990s, was actually the highest-ranking officer wounded in the Oct. 7 attack, which caused the fatalities of 1,205 folks, typically civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli main numbers.Israel's war on Gaza, on the other hand, has up until now gotten rid of a minimum of 40,691 people in Gaza, depending on to the nearby wellness administrative agency. The UN constitutional rights office claims most of the dead are actually ladies as well as youngsters.AFP provided reporting.