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Hamas allows citizens of 8 countries, including 19 Bulgarians to be evacuated from Gaza Strip

Gaza, 1 November, 2023
Photo: EPA/BGNES

Hamas is allowing 430 citizens of Bulgaria and 7 other countries to leave the Gaza Strip, indicates a document by the Hamas border service. The passport numbers of the Bulgarians who will be allowed to leave have been published. There are 19 names of people with dual citizenship in the column marked “Bulgaria” in the table, of them 17 with Bulgarian passports. The holders of foreign passports and the people in need of urgent medical aid will be able to lave Gaza with the expected opening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on 1 November. According to Reuters, agreement on the opening of the border crossing has been reached between Egypt, Israel and Hamas, with the mediation of Qatar and in cooperation with the US. There is no information how long the Rafah crossing will remain open for evacuation. The people allowed to leave have been summoned to Rafah border crossing at 7 AM, the Russian TASS news agency reports.

The lists include citizens of Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Jordan, Finland, Czechia and Japan. The people working for the International Committee of the Red Cross and NGOs operating in the Gaza Strip will also be allowed to leave.



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