Up to 500 foreign passport holders will pass through Rafah today: report

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Up to 500 foreign passport holders will pass the Rafah border crossing from Gaza to Egypt today, AFP has quoted an Egyptian security source as saying, after a deal was reached to open the crossing.

About 200 people were waiting at the Palestinian side of the border in the morning today, the source said.

A second source with knowledge of the deal and evacuations said there was a list of up to 500 who would leave the Gaza strip but that not all were expected to make it out today.

 Palestinians with dual citizenship wait outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 1. — Reuters
Palestinians with dual citizenship wait outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 1. — Reuters

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