Israel, Egypt let U.S. citizens leave Gaza thru Rafah

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RIYADH—Egypt and Israel have agreed to let US citizens leave the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing on Saturday as Israel carries out strikes against Hamas, a US official said.

The official said that the United States did not yet have confirmation that the agreement was being implemented, “but the intention was to have it open.” The official said that 500-600 US citizens in the Gaza Strip had reached out for information on leaving the hemmed in territory.Israel has warned more than one million people to flee the north of the blockaded Gaza Strip as it prepares a possible ground invasion following a deadly attack by Hamas a week ago.

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