Authorities trying to trace abducted Czech children who may be in Gaza Strip

The Foreign Ministry is trying to ascertain the whereabouts of two Czech children from a mixed marriage who were abducted by their Palestinian father to Dubai last year and were believed to be in the Gaza Strip at the time of the Hamas attacks on Israel. The ministry is in contact with the Czech embassies in Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Tel Aviv and Ramallah to try to trace the children’s whereabouts, Mariana Wernerová from the ministry's communications department told the CTK news agency.