At the same time, the White House announced that more than 80 trucks with humanitarian aid entered Gaza in the last 24 hours and almost 500 to 600 Americans are still to leave the Palestinian enclave.
The Rafah border crossing with Gaza was closed today due to an unspecified “security situation,” US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said.
The United States expects the crossing, which Egypt controls, to reopen “at regular intervals” to allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip and foreign nationals to continue leaving, Patel said. during regular press briefings.
At the same time, the White House announced that more than 80 trucks with humanitarian aid entered Gaza in the last 24 hours and almost 500 to 600 Americans are still to leave the Palestinian enclave.
“We know we’ve taken out almost 400 so far, which leaves us with a population of about five to 600 people if you count the family members in there,” said White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
Thousands of Palestinian civilians marched from northern Gaza today seeking refuge from Israeli airstrikes and fierce ground fighting raging between Israeli forces and Hamas militants.
At the same time, White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said Washington continues to see a troubling threat to Jewish communities in the US and says the targeting of Jews is unacceptable.
Source :Skai
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