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| After weeks of waiting, hundreds of people were allowed to leave the besieged Gaza Strip yesterday, the first of thousands of foreigners, aid workers and critically wounded patients expected to depart in the coming days. | After weeks of waiting, hundreds of people were allowed to leave the besieged Gaza Strip yesterday, the first of thousands of foreigners, aid workers and critically wounded patients expected to depart in the coming days. |
| By last night, buses had ferried 361 foreign nationals over the border to Egypt, and ambulances had carried 45 severely injured Palestinians and some of their family members to Egyptian hospitals, an Egyptian state-owned television channel reported. The crossings came after a deal was negotiated among Israel, Egypt, the U.S., Qatar and Hamas that allowed certain categories of people to leave. | By last night, buses had ferried 361 foreign nationals over the border to Egypt, and ambulances had carried 45 severely injured Palestinians and some of their family members to Egyptian hospitals, an Egyptian state-owned television channel reported. The crossings came after a deal was negotiated among Israel, Egypt, the U.S., Qatar and Hamas that allowed certain categories of people to leave. |
| Since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel has imposed a siege on Gaza, conducting a bombing campaign and, more recently, sending troops in. The Rafah crossing is the sole possible escape route for people trapped in the territory and the only entry point for relief supplies. | Since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel has imposed a siege on Gaza, conducting a bombing campaign and, more recently, sending troops in. The Rafah crossing is the sole possible escape route for people trapped in the territory and the only entry point for relief supplies. |
| The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinians, the most senior official allowed into Gaza since the war began, said his agency was running out of fuel, water, food and medicine and would “soon be unable to operate.” The U.N. aid chief said a cease-fire was the only viable option for delivering sufficient aid. | The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinians, the most senior official allowed into Gaza since the war began, said his agency was running out of fuel, water, food and medicine and would “soon be unable to operate.” The U.N. aid chief said a cease-fire was the only viable option for delivering sufficient aid. |