One said that in Gaza even “a passport is worth nothing against bombings and war”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories – When Swiss citizen Ibrahim al-Qarnaoui set off for a short trip to visit family in the Gaza Strip earlier this month, he thought he would be there for a few days.a deadly Hamas attack on Israel just over a week ago,
“But the border crossing did not open,” said the 77-year-old, surrounded by around 30 people with foreign passports in hand waiting near the terminal. After news broke on Saturday that the United States reached an agreement with Egypt and Israel to allow American citizens to leave Gaza via Rafah, foreign passport holders have flocked to the border crossing.
The United Nations has warned of potentially “devastating” humanitarian consequences from the Israeli evacuation order.Mr Qarnaoui chose not to risk taking the road back to his family’s home further north in the Boureij refugee camp with Israeli strikes continuing in the area and no taxis in site.“It was freezing cold. Then one of the residents brought me back to the terminal this morning,” he said.
An estimated one million people have been displaced in the first seven days of the conflict in Gaza, the United Nations agency supporting refugees of Palestinian Territories said on Sunday. “Our house is east of the city. We all went west to the coast to move further away from Israel’s artillery strikes,” he told AFP.
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