US urges citizens trapped in Gaza to move towards Egypt's Rafah crossing
US urges citizens trapped in Gaza to move towards Egypt's Rafah crossing
In order to prepare for a potential reopening of the Rafah crossing with Egypt amid the humanitarian crisis in the coastal enclave following a Hamas attack in Israel that drew Israeli military retaliation, the U.S. government is urging its citizens in Gaza to move south towards that crossing, the State Department said on Saturday.
“We have informed U.S. citizens in Gaza with whom we are in contact that if they assess it to be safe, they may wish to move closer to the Rafah border crossing,” a representative for the State Department stated. “There may be very little notice if the crossing opens and it may only open for a limited time.”
(With agency inputs)
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