The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that two Spanish citizens are “affected” by the attacks by the terrorist group Hamas on Israel last weekend. Minister José Manuel Albares announced it this Monday, although he did not want to comment too much on the matter for reasons of discretion.

However, shortly after diplomatic sources confirmed that the two Spanish citizens are missing, since their families have not been able to establish contact with them.. These are two people with dual Spanish and Israeli nationality.

One of them is Maya Villalobo Sinvany, 19 years old and with Spanish and Israeli nationality.. At the time of the attack he was at the Nahal Oz base, also near the border with Gaza, doing military service.

The other missing Iván Illarramendi Saizar, 46 years old, a native of the Guipuzcoan town of Zarautz, where he stopped being registered in 1986.

According to various media, Illarramendi lives in Israel with his wife in a kibbutz located two kilometers from the Gaza Strip.

The Foreign Minister has confirmed that the authorities have contacted the families of the missing and has asked the media for discretion.