Posted on 10/11/2023 11:36:18 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Talks are underway to allow United States and Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip to exit the territory into Egypt ahead of any land invasion of the territory by Israeli forces, according to a senior Israeli official.
Under the proposal being discussed, all US citizens would be permitted to pass through the Rafah border crossing if they present their US passports, while the movement of other Palestinian civilians would be limited to 2,000 people a day, the official with knowledge of the negotiations told CNN on Wednesday.
Final approval of the arrangement would need to come from the Egyptians, who control the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. The Israeli official said it was “in Israel’s interests” for as many Palestinians as possible to leave Gaza.
Some context: Airstrikes in Gaza have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes — but there is little room to go. Across the Middle East, Gaza is among the smallest and most densely packed cities.
Americans in Gaza who spoke with CNN have expressed fear and frustration about feeling that they are trapped without any safe route out of the region that is being heavily bombarded by Israeli forces.
There were reports that the only route of Gaza — via Egypt — was closed Tuesday due to strikes, and the threat of an Israeli ground incursion is looming.
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... and here comes the further delay ...
Honestly you have to be a f’n idiot to be an American hanging around Gaza.
Send them all to Egypt and then take permanent possession of Gaza.
Let them all leave immediately! Why drag this out with only 2000 per day?
They should stay in Egypt. It will be easier to blow Gaza to hell where it belongs
Ya’ll can keep them, no no, that is okay. Um humm... No, I insist on it.
My first thought too, damn convenient if you are a terrorist.
I doubt any of these are real Americans. They are simply American citizens for convenience only. We need to end dual citizenship, especially for people who choose to live overseas.
“...if they present their US passports”
I’d think that Hamas would have confiscated all US passports and rounded up lots more hostages.
As long as they’re not males of fighting age, and search each one for weapons as they leave.
Why? It keeps the Israelis from annihilating Gaza because there are “Americans” there.
So Hamas planned their murderous act & no exit plan? Sounds like pigs get fat & hogs get slaughtered.
Notice all these Muslim countries who lick the ass of Palestinians and NONE of them want to take any of them in..Jordan, Egypt, LeBanon, etc etc, they love Palestineans so much they can have them but they wont
Their exit plan is international pressure on Israel to back down. Don’t think it’s going to work.
When I was reading the initial reports last weekend about the Hamas attacks in southern Israel, I noticed that some of the villages under attack had previously been listed in U.S. State Department travel warnings in recent months.
Maybe they are checking each and every person veeerryyy carefully???
.......or a Hamas supporter.
Gaza just might recieve the Carthage treatment.
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