No foreign citizens have yet been allowed to leave Gaza through the Rafah checkpoint on the Egyptian border. This was reported by Finance Times referring to diplomats.
They say people near the checkpoint were moving “back and forth”.
Before this, Egyptian officials denied US citizens will be allowed to pass through the Rafah checkpoint on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
The other day, it was learned that Egypt and Israel would open the Rafah checkpoint for US citizens to leave the Gaza Strip.
Earlier, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafez Nofal said that Israeli authorities blocked humanitarian aid supplies sent to the Gaza Strip by five countries. According to him, on October 14, the Israelis began to “deport” residents of the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and two humanitarian corridors were opened for them.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
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