Lapid speaks to family of Israelis detained in Turkey

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke on Friday evening with the families of Mordy and Natali Oknin, the Israeli couple detained in Turkey, and informed them that the Foreign Ministry had requested an urgent consular visit to the couple, and is working to release them at all levels.

The Foreign Minister stressed that the couple "do not work for any Israeli agency."

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