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Foreign Nationals Start to Leave Gaza at Egyptian Border
1Nov By adminNo Comments
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Foreign Nationals Start to Leave Gaza at Egyptian Border

Updated Nov. 1, 2023 11:07 am ETForeign nationals and wounded Palestinians began to leave Gaza for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, according to Egyptian officials, providing limited relief to the enclave’s humanitarian crisis amid Israel’s mounting military operations.On Wednesday, dozens of people from Gaza crossed into Egypt at Rafah, a crossing point along the enclave’s border with Egypt, Egyptian officials said, without disclosing their nationalities. An American trying to leave said it didn’t appear that U.S., U.K. or Canadian nationals were being allowed to evacuate yet.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Gaza Receives First Aid Trucks Since Hamas Attack as Egypt Border Opens Briefly
21Oct By adminNo Comments
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Gaza Receives First Aid Trucks Since Hamas Attack as Egypt Border Opens Briefly

Updated Oct. 21, 2023 9:19 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza for the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas militants. Egyptian officials said 20 trucks filled with medical supplies and some food and bottled water crossed into Gaza on Saturday morning before Egypt closed the border again. Citizens of the U.S. and other foreign countries stuck in Gaza weren’t able to enter Egypt, the officials said.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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American Grandmother Stuck in Gaza After Visit to Ailing Father
18Oct By adminNo Comments
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American Grandmother Stuck in Gaza After Visit to Ailing Father

Updated Oct. 18, 2023 12:06 am ETRAFAH, Gaza Strip—When Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on Gaza started last week, retired American schoolteacher Wafa al-Saqqa, who had come to visit her ailing father, resolved to stick it out, figuring his upscale northern neighborhood was unlikely to be targeted.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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U.S., Egypt Reach Deal to Evacuate Americans From Gaza
14Oct By adminNo Comments
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U.S., Egypt Reach Deal to Evacuate Americans From Gaza

Listen to article(2 minutes)TEL AVIV—U.S. and Egyptian officials agreed on a deal Saturday to allow Americans to leave Gaza for Egypt, a senior State Department official said, as Israel said it would give Palestinians safe passage southward for a few hours from the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted on New Charge of Aiding Egypt
12Oct By adminNo Comments
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Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted on New Charge of Aiding Egypt

Updated Oct. 12, 2023 5:46 pm ETSen. Bob Menendez was indicted Thursday on a new charge of conspiring to act as an illegal foreign agent of Egypt, adding a new criminal count to the bribery case the New Jersey Democrat already faces.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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