In a brief email - “too exhausted to say/type more now” - the father told this masthead his family had made it to Egypt. “[We] will be in Cairo in a few hours.”
In a brief email - “too exhausted to say/type more now” - the father told this masthead his family had made it to Egypt.
They were staying with relatives, queueing for hours for bread and using artisan bore water from the local mosque. They were running out of money. Speaking on ABC News Breakfast, Watts said those who have made it into Egypt have met with Australian consular officials. Watts says the government is still pushing for the 65 Australians remaining in Gaza to be let through the Rafah crossing into Egypt.the government is using all available communication channels to stay in contact with the stranded Australians however the circumstances were “incredibly challenging”.
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