Rescued Russian hostage hugs Israel's Netanyahu

The dual Russian-Israeli citizen was held in captivity since the deadly Hamas attack last year

Russian citizen Andrey Kozlov has thanked the Israel Defense Forces and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his rescue from Hamas captivity, where he spent seven months, following the surprise attack on October 7 that left some 1,200 people dead and over 250 taken hostage.

Kozlov, 27, who also h