First Russian plane to land at Gaza airport

A Palestinian source in Gaza said a Russian plane landed on Sunday at Gaza's airport carrying 125 passengers in the first trip of its kind between Moscow and the Gaza Strip.

The chairman of the Palestinian civil aviation team, Maj. Gen. Fayez Zeidan told Monte Carlo Radio on Monday that the passengers are tourists who came to visit the holy shrines, as well as an official delegation representing the Russian company including 15 members.