Confusion And Hope At Gaza's Border With Egypt As First Foreign Passport Holders Depart
1 year, 2 months ago

Confusion And Hope At Gaza's Border With Egypt As First Foreign Passport Holders Depart

Huff Post  

Palestinians cross to the Egyptian side of the border crossing with the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Nov. 1, 2023. AP Photo/Hatem Ali RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel’s bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for the first time since the war began. “We are relying on God and hoping that we get out,” said Rania Hussein, a Jordanian resident of Gaza, as she breathlessly described the horrors she had fled — entire Palestinian neighborhoods razed and families crushed to death since Oct. 7, when Hamas mounted its unprecedented attack on Israel. After three weeks of repeatedly dashed hopes and torturous negotiations between Egypt, Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, the first group of Palestinians left the besieged strip through the Rafah crossing, swarmed by TV cameras. “We came here today to the Egyptian borders hoping to leave Gaza, but our Canadian Embassy didn’t contact due to the bad network,” said Asil Shurab, a Canadian citizen.

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Israel Gaza news: They’ve been trying to get Americans out of Gaza for almost a year. They’ve realized something stark.
3 months, 1 week ago

Israel Gaza news: They’ve been trying to get Americans out of Gaza for almost a year. They’ve realized something stark.

Slate  

For the past year, 24-year-old Marowa Abusharia has unexpectedly been a single mother, living in New Jersey and raising her twins all by herself. Kari made a call to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to understand why, “and they said to us, ‘We believe that the emergency is over.’ ” When I reached out last week, the State Department …

The Latest | Israel's military seizes the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt
8 months ago

The Latest | Israel's military seizes the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt

The Independent  

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Israel seizes key Gaza border crossing as it launches assault on Rafah
8 months ago

Israel seizes key Gaza border crossing as it launches assault on Rafah

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces have seized control of Gaza’s Rafah border crossing, cutting off a vital route for humanitarian aid and potential sanctuary for civilians from a building offensive. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had seized “operational control” of the Gaza side of the border post, which links the besieged enclave with Egypt. The 401st Brigade entered the Rafah …

UN chief urges Israel to allow aid supplies into Gaza
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief urges Israel to allow aid supplies into Gaza

Firstpost  

The bulk of the 2.4 million people living in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes due to the nearly six months of fighting and siege, and the region’s civilian infrastructure has been decimated Packed in by the Egyptian border, 1.5 million Palestinians have taken refuge in Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza, and Israel has pledged to continue …

‘We’re waiting to be martyred’: Palestinians await Israeli attack on Rafah
11 months ago

‘We’re waiting to be martyred’: Palestinians await Israeli attack on Rafah

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians in Gaza say they have nowhere to run as they brace for Israel to escalate military operations on Rafah. They said Israel has deliberately and disproportionately targeted civilians in Gaza in retaliation for Hamas’s surprise attack on Israeli communities and military outposts on October 7, in which 1,139 people were killed and 240 taken as captives into Gaza by …

A Major U.N. Agency Is In Chaos. It’s Making Life Even Harder In Gaza.
11 months, 1 week ago

A Major U.N. Agency Is In Chaos. It’s Making Life Even Harder In Gaza.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Saady Lozon used to employ hundreds of Gazans, provide IT services to customers around the world — including in Israel — and travel internationally to promote Palestinians’ tech skills. “If people want it to be easy, it’s very easy,” said Sammy Nabulsi, a Boston-based attorney who is working with Americans stuck in Gaza or who have family …

Gazans undertake a perilous journey to Egypt that ends with a single step through the narrow Rafah crossing
1 year ago

Gazans undertake a perilous journey to Egypt that ends with a single step through the narrow Rafah crossing

ABC  

Shivering in the darkness, Sahar Ramy pulled a small pink suitcase behind her as she followed her family through the dawn and towards freedom. Members of the Ramy family wait for their transport on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing after leaving Gaza. Egyptian aid workers wait to unload a plane of supplies destined for Gaza at Al Arish …

Gazans fleeing the Israel-Gaza war say even with a visa to Australia, it's a struggle to cross the Rafah border
1 year, 1 month ago

Gazans fleeing the Israel-Gaza war say even with a visa to Australia, it's a struggle to cross the Rafah border

ABC  

Mahmoud Idrees is on the brink. "Until now didn't put our name on the Gaza checking point, the Rafah crossing." Now in the south of Gaza, Mahmoud said he had been checking regularly whether his family's names have been put on "the list", and he is growing impatient. 'Unimaginable' conditions As Mahmoud and his family wait anxiously in southern Gaza …

Live updates | Israel will allow a daily pause in Gaza combat, as US seeks a multiday break
1 year, 2 months ago

Live updates | Israel will allow a daily pause in Gaza combat, as US seeks a multiday break

Associated Press  

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration says Israel will allow a four-hour humanitarian pause each day in combat operations in northern Gaza to allow civilians to flee to the south, starting on Thursday. Currently: — Israeli strikes pound Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas militants in dense urban neighborhoods — White House says Israel agrees to daily four-hour pauses to …

‘We saw death’: Egyptian nationals trying to leave Gaza stuck at Rafah
1 year, 2 months ago

‘We saw death’: Egyptian nationals trying to leave Gaza stuck at Rafah

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of foreign nationals managed to exit Gaza through the Rafah crossing, but some Palestinian Egyptians remain stranded as Israel’s war rages. “Luck is not on my side.” ‘We have the right to leave’ An estimated 50,000 dual nationals living in the Gaza Strip hold both Palestinian and Egyptian citizenship, according to Alaa al-Din Obeid, a member of the Egyptian …

France evacuates 100 nationals from Gaza via Rafah crossing
1 year, 2 months ago

France evacuates 100 nationals from Gaza via Rafah crossing

Firstpost  

Hundreds of foreign passport holders were waiting at the Rafah crossing Tuesday for evacuation into Egypt More than 100 French nationals and their dependents have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing to Egypt, the foreign ministry in Paris said Tuesday. “Two groups of French nationals, officials and rights holders were able to leave” on Monday …

Foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza through Rafah Crossing
1 year, 2 months ago

Foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza through Rafah Crossing

The Independent  

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Hundreds of foreign passport holders leave Gaza for Egypt amid Israel war
1 year, 2 months ago

Hundreds of foreign passport holders leave Gaza for Egypt amid Israel war

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of foreign passport holders, including Palestinian dual nationals, have left Gaza via the Rafah border crossing to Egypt. At least 320 foreign nationals entered Egypt from Gaza on Tuesday after the Rafah crossing was closed over the weekend, the Reuters news agency reported, citing Egyptian sources. The United States has helped more than 400 of its citizens, lawful permanent …

Hamas govt suspends evacuation of foreigners to Egypt: border official
1 year, 2 months ago

Hamas govt suspends evacuation of foreigners to Egypt: border official

Hindustan Times  

Gaza's Hamas government suspended the evacuation of foreign passport holders to Egypt Saturday after Israel refused to allow some wounded Palestinians to be evacuated to Egyptian hospitals, a border official said. "No foreign passport holder will be able to leave the Gaza Strip until wounded people who need to be evacuated from hospitals in north Gaza are transported through the …

Israel sends cross-border Palestinian workers back to Gaza amid war with Hamas
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel sends cross-border Palestinian workers back to Gaza amid war with Hamas

Hindustan Times  

Israel sent thousands of Palestinians back to besieged Gaza on Friday, pursuing a crackdown on workers and labourers from the territory who had previously been given permits to take jobs in Israel and the occupied West Bank. Large numbers of workers returned through the Kerem Shalom crossing east of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, which has …

November 3, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news
1 year, 2 months ago

November 3, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news

CNN  

Palestinians with dual citizenship show their passports while seeking permission to leave Gaza at the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, on November 1. Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg/Getty Images The breakthrough that allowed an initial group of foreign nationals, including US citizens, to depart Gaza on Wednesday came together after weeks of intensive, multi-party diplomatic efforts, sources familiar with the negotiations told CNN. …

November 3, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news
1 year, 2 months ago

November 3, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news

CNN  

Palestinians with dual citizenship show their passports while seeking permission to leave Gaza at the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, on November 1. Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg/Getty Images The breakthrough that allowed an initial group of foreign nationals, including US citizens, to depart Gaza on Wednesday came together after weeks of intensive, multi-party diplomatic efforts, sources familiar with the negotiations told CNN. …

As more Palestinians with foreign citizenship leave Gaza, some families are left in the lurch
1 year, 2 months ago

As more Palestinians with foreign citizenship leave Gaza, some families are left in the lurch

Associated Press  

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Dozens of Palestinians with foreign passports crossed through the war-torn Gaza Strip’s only exit for the second straight day Thursday, escaping Israel’s suffocating siege into the empty Egyptian desert. Nizar, a 41-year-old aid worker from Gaza City, gently shook his children awake at dawn and drove to Gaza’s southern Rafah crossing with his wife, 8-month-old son …

Watch view of Rafah border as crossing expected to open for second day
1 year, 2 months ago

Watch view of Rafah border as crossing expected to open for second day

The Independent  

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Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza’s border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart
1 year, 2 months ago

Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza’s border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart

Associated Press  

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel’s bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for the first time since the war began. “We are relying on God and hoping …

Israel-Hamas War: Foreigners Leave Gaza As Rafah Border Opens For First Time
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas War: Foreigners Leave Gaza As Rafah Border Opens For First Time

ABP News  

Scores of people holding foreign passports left the war-torn Gaza for Egypt after the Rafah border crossing opened for the first time since the beginning of the war on October 7, reported AFP. The Gaza Borders and Crossings Authority earlier this morning published a list of more than 500 foreigners and dual citizenship holders, calling them to head towards the …

Live updates | Hundreds of foreign citizens and dozens of injured allowed to flee Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Live updates | Hundreds of foreign citizens and dozens of injured allowed to flee Gaza

Associated Press  

Hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians have been allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began more than three weeks ago. He called for the dismantling of Israel and establishment of “a single, democratic, secular state in all of historic Palestine, with equal rights for Christians, Muslims, and Jews.” BIDEN SAYS …

Israel-Hamas war, Day 26 | Bolivia cuts ties with Israel over Gaza strikes
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war, Day 26 | Bolivia cuts ties with Israel over Gaza strikes

The Hindu  

November 01, 2023 19:10 Gaza crossing opens for foreign passport holders and wounded After more than three weeks of siege, the first Palestinians — dozens of dual passport holders and seriously injured — were allowed to leave Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes pounded a refugee camp for the second day Wednesday. Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera television, one of the few media outlets still …

Rafah crossing opens briefly to allow some foreigners, wounded to exit Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Rafah crossing opens briefly to allow some foreigners, wounded to exit Gaza

Al Jazeera  

A border crossing linking Egypt with the Gaza Strip has temporarily opened to allow a limited number of critically wounded people and foreign nationals to exit, as Israeli forces press on with their ground and aerial offensive on the besieged enclave. Some 500 people overall were expected to leave Gaza on Wednesday through the Egypt-controlled Rafah crossing that opened for …

Israel-Hamas war: Dozens of foreign passport holders seen entering Egypt's Rafah crossing from Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: Dozens of foreign passport holders seen entering Egypt's Rafah crossing from Gaza

India TV News  

Several foreign passport holders on Wednesday entered the Rafah border crossing in Egypt from the conflict-torn Gaza Strip, the first time foreigners have been allowed to do so since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out three weeks ago. The Palestinian crossing authority said more than 400 foreign passport holders would be permitted to leave Gaza on Wednesday. Earlier, …

Photos: A look at the scene of the Rafah border crossing opening
1 year, 2 months ago

Photos: A look at the scene of the Rafah border crossing opening

NPR  

Photos: A look at the scene of the Rafah border crossing opening Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images A first group of foreign passport holders have left Gaza. They are currently inside the terminal at the Rafah border crossing and are waiting to cross into Egypt. The Rafah border crossing into Egypt is the only …

Israel-Hamas war: With the Rafah border crossing open, who’s exiting Gaza?
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: With the Rafah border crossing open, who’s exiting Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s border with Egypt opened for limited evacuation today, allowing for just under 500 people to flee war-torn Gaza. The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened on Wednesday, allowing limited evacuations from the besieged enclave to Egypt after nearly nearly four weeks of Israel’s war. Before 15:00 GMT, the General Authority for Crossings in Gaza told Al Jazeera …

Rafah crossing linking war-torn Gaza to Egypt opens
1 year, 2 months ago

Rafah crossing linking war-torn Gaza to Egypt opens

Al Jazeera  

More than 500 foreigners, dual nationals and dozens of injured Palestinians are allowed to leave the war-torn enclave. More than 500 foreign nationals and dual citizens will be allowed to leave the enclave, the Gaza Borders and Crossings Authority said in a statement verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad Agency. Convoys of desperately needed aid have been trickling in Gaza through …

After weeks in besieged Gaza, foreign nationals, wounded Palestinians allowed to leave
1 year, 2 months ago

After weeks in besieged Gaza, foreign nationals, wounded Palestinians allowed to leave

LA Times  

Hundreds of dual passport holders and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza on Wednesday after more than three weeks under siege, while Israeli airstrikes destroyed apartments in a densely populated area for a second day. The first people to leave Gaza — other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forces — …

Australian families in Gaza told to head to Rafah as border crossing opens
1 year, 2 months ago

Australian families in Gaza told to head to Rafah as border crossing opens

ABC  

Some Australians trapped in Gaza have been advised to go to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt as the border opens to foreign nationals. Key points: Foreign media has reported Gaza's Rafah crossing may be opened to allow 400 foreign nationals to leave A number of Australians have received advice to head to the crossing if it is safe for …

Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation
1 year, 2 months ago

Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation

Associated Press  

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — For more than a week, Talaat Ghabayen, a citizen of Norway who spent his whole life in Oslo, has waited days and nights at the Gaza Strip’s land crossing with Egypt as his embassy advised, hoping to flee Israel’s bombardment and looming ground invasion and reunite with his wife and sons back home. “Egypt is …

Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation
1 year, 2 months ago

Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy For more than a week, …

Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens, letting desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians
1 year, 2 months ago

Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens, letting desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians

The Hindu  

The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on October 21 to let desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians for the first time since Israel sealed off the territory following Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Israel had insisted that nothing would enter Gaza until some 200 people captured by Hamas were freed and the Palestinian side of the crossing …

Palestinians stuck in Egypt desperate to return to Gaza amid Israel attacks
1 year, 2 months ago

Palestinians stuck in Egypt desperate to return to Gaza amid Israel attacks

Al Jazeera  

Time and money are running out for hundreds of Palestinians stuck in El Arish, northern Egypt. El Arish, Egypt – Aylol Abo Elwan was making his way from the Rafah border crossing to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on the morning of October 7 – he was travelling from his home in southern Gaza to see a specialist doctor. Since the …

On Egypt-Gaza border, blocked aid waits to reach Palestinians
1 year, 2 months ago

On Egypt-Gaza border, blocked aid waits to reach Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

As aid remains blocked at the Rafah crossing, and Cairo residents collect donations, many ask when the border will open. “Open the Rafah crossing point!” This is, among other things, what several hundred demonstrators chanted while gathered on the evening of Wednesday, October 18 in front of the headquarters of the journalists’ union in the centre of Cairo. As if …

October 17, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 2 months ago

October 17, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war

CNN  

Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza on Monday, October 16. A border crossing with Egypt in the south, located in Egypt’s north Sinai, has been touted as the last hope for Gazans to escape, and many Palestinians have begun moving in its direction in anticipation. While Israel has no direct control over the crossing, Egypt’s closures often …

IDF alleges Hamas actively preventing Palestinians from evacuating Gaza ahead of ground operation
1 year, 2 months ago

IDF alleges Hamas actively preventing Palestinians from evacuating Gaza ahead of ground operation

India TV News  

The Israel Defence Forces on Sunday shared a telephonic conversation on social media as proof that Hamas militants are actively preventing Palestinians from evacuating from the Gaza Strip ahead of a possible ground operation, despite a humanitarian corridor set up by Egypt. In the telephonic conversation with an IDF officer, a resident of Gaza's Jabalya area was heard claiming that …

Blinken says the crossing to Egypt will open to aid as Israel prepares to strike Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Blinken says the crossing to Egypt will open to aid as Israel prepares to strike Gaza

NPR  

Blinken says the crossing to Egypt will open to aid as Israel prepares to strike Gaza Enlarge this image toggle caption Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza will reopen to humanitarian aid for Palestinians currently under siege by Israeli forces. Israeli military …

Arab states warn against displacement of Palestinians as Israel goes after Hamas
1 year, 2 months ago

Arab states warn against displacement of Palestinians as Israel goes after Hamas

Firstpost  

More than a million Gaza City residents were advised by the Israeli military on Friday to leave their city for the south within 24 hours for their own protection. This declaration was interpreted as an indication that Israel would soon begin a land assault Arab neighbours have responded bluntly to calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for …

‘Devastating’: How Israel is pulling Palestinian families apart
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Devastating’: How Israel is pulling Palestinian families apart

Al Jazeera  

Known locally as the ‘family reunification law’, the legislation bars Palestinians with Israeli citizenship or residency from extending their legal status to spouses holding PA passports. Known locally as the “family reunification law”, the legislation bars Palestinians with Israeli citizenship or residency from extending their legal status to spouses holding Palestinian Authority passports, and denies them the ability to live …

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