There are more than 500 Americans and hundreds of other foreign nationals in Gaza.
Share on linkedin moke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike on Oct. 10. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/picture alliance via Getty Imageson Saturday to move south towards the Rafah Crossing with Egypt ahead of a possible reopening of the crossing to allow foreign nationals to leave the enclave, a State Department spokesperson told Axios.
U.S. officials say that if the crossing reopens, it will be on short notice and for a short period of time. Therefore, American citizens, especially those in Gaza City, should try and go to more southern parts of the enclave as quickly as possible."The U.S. government is working to secure the safe exit of U.S. citizens from Gaza," the State Department spokesperson said.
After this announcement, the State Department told American citizens to use these routes to move south closer to the crossing, U.S. officials said. But not long after, the Israeli military notified the U.S. and other foreign embassies that "due to concerning the information we received, we instruct everyone to stay away from the area and wait for further updates," Israeli officials., a densely-populated enclave home to more than 2 million people.
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