Australians were among the first foreigners to begin to leave Gaza after negotiations to reopen the besieged territory’s border crossing prevailed.
| Clutching her Australian passport, a tearful woman expresses gratitude at escaping war-ravaged Gaza – and anguishes over those left behind in the grip of a“Twenty-five days, people underground, bombing everywhere, there is no water, no food, no sleep, we can’t sleep, even at night. We are suffering,” the woman, named as Mona, said in a video message posted to social media by Palestinian photographer Majdi Fathi.
“They’re suffering there, kids crying all night, they’re shaking. The life is terrible there. You can’t describe, it’s very, very scary, it’s very dangerous all over the place.” “This is really good progress and we are very grateful and relieved this has occurred, but there’s a lot more to be done,” Senator Wong said.“There are still Australians in Gaza. I know how distressing thewill continue to press for all of you to cross the border in Gaza.”in the war to allow more foreign nationals to leave, more aid to flow into Gaza and the 230 hostages taken by Hamas militants to be freed.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights suggested the airstrikes could be a war crime because of the number of casualties and significant damage. “So when Israel’s friends urge Israel to exercise restraint, when Israel’s friends urge Israel to protect civilian lives, it is critical that Israel listens,” she said. “It matters for Israel’s own security, which faces grave risks if the conflict spreads.”
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