(Toronto) No Canadian citizens have been included in a list of more than 400 foreign nationals who would be allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since Israel began its war of retaliation against Hamas militants, there is more of three weeks.
An agreement appears to have been reached on Wednesday to allow hundreds of foreign passport holders, as well as a few injured people, to leave for neighboring Egypt.
The Gaza General Border Crossing Authority released a list of those who would be allowed to leave the territory, including citizens of Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Indonesia, from Japan and Jordan.
The Canadian government says it continues to work to help Canadians leave Gaza and is communicating directly with these nationals to inform them of how and when it will be possible to leave for Egypt through the Gaza border crossing. Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Communications began to be restored in Gaza on Wednesday after a second power outage in recent days, as humanitarian agencies warn that the disruptions are seriously hampering their work on the ground in an already dire situation.
Global Affairs Canada also maintains that it has helped 65 Canadian citizens, permanent residents and eligible family members leave the West Bank since the start of the conflict, and the agency says it is in contact with 70 people who are still there. .