400 Americans Approved to Leave Gaza Strip

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Let's begin with the war between Israel and Hamas. Egypt says it is prepared to accept as many as 7000 foreign nationals evacuating from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing that will include up to 400 additional American citizens today, multiple Americans were also allowed to leave Gaza yesterday, President Joe Biden confirmed the US is working to allow Americans to leave the territory and to increase aid working nonstop to get Americans out of Gaza as soon and as safely as possible. This is a result of intense and urgent American diplomacy with our partners in the region. At the same time, we're continuing working to significantly step up the flow of critical humanitarian assistance in the Gaza. The number of trucks entering Gaza continues to increase significantly but we still have a long way to go. President Biden also called for a humanitarian pause on the war last night. The comment came in response to a protester calling for a cease fire. More than 1000 pro Palestinian protesters gathered outside the president's campaign event in Minneapolis. Biden said this quote, a pause means give time to get the prisoners out. The Gaza Health Ministry said The Palestinian death toll has exceeded 9000 people warning of an imminent health catastrophe as at least two hospitals have failed. A refugee camp in central Gaza was hit by a strike today. This comes after the Israeli defense forces confirmed two days of airstrikes on a different refugee camp in northern Gaza. The health ministry says 100 and 95 people died in the attacks. The United Nations Human Rights Office said the attacks could amount to war crimes.