Dozens of foreigners and dual nationals left the Gaza Strip for Egypt today through the Rafah border crossing, which was opened to people for the first time in the 26th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to a journalist. of the AFP located there.
They were allowed to enter the terminal at around 09:45 CET after Egyptian authorities announced that the border crossing would be opened exceptionally to allow the passage of nearly 90 wounded Palestinians and nearly 450 dual nationals and foreigners. .
"A first group of foreign passport holders will cross the Rafah terminal into Egypt today," an official from the authorities in charge of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, which has been under constant Israeli shelling since the start, told AFP earlier. of the war against Hamas.
At the same time, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley said in a post on X that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza was expected to open today.
"The Rafa border crossing is likely to be opened today for a first group of foreign citizens," he pointed out.
"British teams are ready to help British citizens as soon as they can leave. It is vital that significant humanitarian aid can enter Gaza as soon as possible," Cleverley added in his post.
Qatar brokered a deal between Egypt, Israel and Hamas, in coordination with the US, to allow the removal of foreign passport holders and some critically wounded people from the besieged Gaza Strip, it also told Reuters today. source briefed on the deal.
Source: RES-EAP