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Hamas officials appealed Sunday to the Ukrainian government asking that they apply international law and secure the release of the Gaza Power Plant's chief engineer, allegedly abducted by Israeli intelligence from the Eastern European nation.



Interior Minister for the Gaza government Fathi Hammad told Ma’an that the government was holding the Ukraine responsible for the life of Dirar Abu Sisi, 42, who disappeared on a train between Kiev and the northern city of Kharkiv and is believed to be in Israeli custody in Ashkelon.

An Israeli court in Petah Tikva upheld a ban on publishing any information from Israel about the mysterious disappearance of Abu Sisi on February 19."Abu Sisi did not return home because he was kidnapped by Mossad," Hammad said, appealing to the Ukrainian interior minister Anatolii Mohyliov.

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