Foreign passport holders began leaving the Gaza Strip through its southern border with Egypt on Wednesday, after weeks of intense negotiations to allow the exit of foreign nationals stuck inside the Palestinian enclave amid Israel’s ground offensive in its war against Hamas.
This follows a deal brokered by the Qatari government between Israel, Egypt and Hamas, to allow foreign passport holders and gravely injured civilians to cross into Egypt, Reuters Gaza’s border authority has reportedly published the list of names of around 500 foreign passport holders who will be allowed to exit Gaza,The list of people reportedly includes citizens from Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Indonesia, Japan and Jordan—including staffers of foreign aid bodies like Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and the UN Relief Agency For Palestinian Refugees .