A Canadian in Gaza says his wife and children arrived at a border crossing with Egypt several hours ago after being told by Global Affairs Canada they could leave the besieged Palestinian territory today.
Mansour Shouman, who will not leave Gaza, says he said goodbye to his wife and five children and that a few hours ago he received a message from them informing him that they were at the Rafah crossing, but that he has not heard from them. since.
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Shouman says he hopes his family, who received an email from Global Affairs earlier today with details of their evacuation, will be able to cross the border safely, but is waiting for confirmation of their fate.
A group of Canadian citizens and their families have been given the green light to flee Gaza for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas a month ago.
An evacuation list approved by the General Authority on Border Crossings in Gaza lists another 80 people connected to Canada who have been granted permission to leave the Rafah border crossing.
The list, as presented in a widely shared Google spreadsheet, shows another 20 people indexed as Canadian citizens, while the rest are Palestinian or have dual citizenship.
The document also includes the names of other foreign nationals from countries such as France, the Philippines, Ukraine, Moldova, Germany, and the United Kingdom who have been granted permission to leave.
The Canadian Embassy in Egypt said it has a team of consular officers capable of assisting Canadians, permanent citizens and their family members as they pass through Rafah to Egypt. A bus will take you to your accommodation in Cairo. .
The move comes after Canada told citizens trapped in besieged Palestinian territory that they might be allowed to leave over the weekend, but Israeli strikes closed the Rafah crossing until Monday.
Rafah is the departure point for foreigners wishing to leave the Palestinian territory, which has been under constant bombardment since the Israeli army introduced attacks in retaliation for Hamas’ brutal incursion on October 7.
Global Affairs Canada said on Monday that the Israeli military had trusted Canada that more than 400 of its citizens would be able to cross the border “in the coming days,” adding that 3 of them had already escaped with a third but had not yet done so. Give additional details.
In addition, the federal firm added that it is in contact with six hundred Canadian citizens, permanent citizens and their family members in the territory.
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