President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the first US citizens were able to leave the war-hit Gaza Strip after weeks of diplomacy and mounting frustration by hundreds of US citizens trapped in the conflict.
President Biden on Wednesday hailed the departure of U.S. citizens and other foreign nationals from the war-torn territory of Gaza as the Rafah border crossing into Egypt opened up for the first time since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel.
President Biden said Thursday dozens of US citizens left the Gaza Strip after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said earlier this week that about 400 individuals were trapped in the war zone.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that 74 U.S. citizens with dual citizenship have left the Gaza Strip, announcing the development as he dispatched his
WASHINGTON >> President Joe Biden said today that 74 U.S. citizens with dual citizenship have left the Gaza Strip, announcing the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Middle East for consultation with Israeli and Jordanian leaders concerning the Israel-Hamas war.
President Biden on Thursday said 74 dual-citizen Americans were evacuated from Gaza, where Israel forces are trying to root out Hamas terrorists who raided their country on Oct. 7.
President Biden says 74 more U.S. citizens have left the Gaza Strip and dispatches his top diplomat for talks with Israeli and Jordanian officials as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.
President Biden said 74 Americans made it out of Gaza on Thursday. About 400 U.S. citizens are among the estimated 7,000 foreign nationals that Egypt is allowing to evacuate via its Rafah crossing.
Blinken will be introducing a new element to the U.S. list of priorities: the need for Israel and its neighbors to begin to consider what a post-conflict Gaza will look like, who will govern it, how it can be made secure and how to establish an independent Palestinian state.
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