Egypt opens Gaza border crossing to evacuate Gazans and foreign nationals

“가자 라파 국경 2일에도 개방 외국인 이동 허용“ Egypt on Wednesday opened its border through the Rafah crossing to allow limited evacuations of the injured and foreigners. The border will be open again for the second day on Thursday. Lee Seung-jae starts us off. A total of 335 foreign passport holders were allowed to leave Gaza via the Rafah crossing on Wednesday, as well as 76 Palestinians who were seriously injured due to the ongoing air strikes in the region. The Rafah crossing is expected to be opened for the second straight day on Thursday, to allow more foreign nationals stuck in Gaza to evacuate safely to Egypt. According to sources, the list of those allowed to evacuate through the crossing will be agreed between Egypt and Israel, with embassies from respective countries being informed in advance to ensure they can prepare to receive their citizens. Meanwhile, the Israeli military conducted an air strike in the Jabalia area of Northern Gaza for the second straight day on Wednesday. While the number of casualties from the second air strike has not been confirmed, Gaza’s health ministry says dozens of people were killed or wounded in the latest attack. According to the United Nations, there are some 116-thousand registered refugees in the camp, which was set up in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War While Israel says it had targeted high-ranking Hamas officials hiding in the camp and eliminated a top Hamas commander, the Palestinian militant group has dismissed the claim, and instead noted that seven of the hostages taken from Israel, including three foreign passport holders, were killed in the strike. The statement from Hamas has not yet been verified. The combined Israeli and Palestinian death toll has now surpassed 10-thousand. Gaza’s health ministry says over 8-thousand-800 Palestinians have been killed so far, with around 14-hundred deaths reported in Israel Children make up a third of the total death toll. Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. #Israel #Hamas #Gaza_Strip #Rafah #Evacuation #이스라엘 #하마스 #라파 #국경_개방 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook : 📣 Twitter : 📣 Homepage : 2023-11-02, 09:00 (KST)