Hundreds of Americans appeared on a list of passport holders approved to leave the territory, as President Biden called for a 'pause' in hostilities to allow for the release of hostages held by Hamas.
Palestinians with dual nationality register to cross to Egypt on the Gaza Strip side of the border crossing in Rafah on Thursday.RAFAH, the Gaza Strip — U.S. citizens say they're both happy and exhausted to have finally left the embattled Gaza Strip after nearly a month of bombardments and blockades — but they're also fearful for family and loved ones left behind.Dr. Barbara Zind, a pediatrician from Grand Junction, Colo.
The State Department has been in contact with about 400 Americans who have expressed a desire to leave, department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Wednesday. With their family members, the total number is around 1,000, Miller said. "It's a disaster. There is lack of food, electricity, power, no internet in there, bombing is all over. It's not safe at all," she said."I don't know when this situation will end, but it's really a disaster in there."Citizens with foreign passports wait to travel through the Rafah crossing on Thursday. At least 300 civilians, all of them foreign citizens or dual nationals, departed Gaza Wednesday.
More than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, according to Palestinian health officials. Some 240 hostages remain held by Hamas, who say dozens of them have died in Israeli airstrikes.The White House, once steadfast in its support of Israel's opposition to a cease-fire, has shown support in recent days for what officials have called a"humanitarian pause.""I think we need a pause," he said, speaking to a crowd of supporters after giving a campaign speech.
"This does not mean that Israel should stop fighting Hamas, but it must take concrete steps to end the current widespread harm to innocent people and children inside Gaza," Murphy said in a statement. Hezbollah said Thursday it attacked an Israeli army post with two suicide drones, and Hamas meanwhile said it fired 12 rockets from Lebanon toward the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, which has been evacuated.
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