Palestinians with dual nationality register to cross to Egypt on the Gaza Strip side of the border crossing in Rafah on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Canadians stuck in southern Gaza grew increasingly frustrated on Thursday as they waited for approval to cross into Egypt, while officials in Canada reiterated that they're still working to make that happen.CBC NewsRafah border crossing opens for foreign nationals for 1st time since war beganSome foreign passport holders have been allowed to enter the Rafah border crossing from Gaza to Egypt on Wednesday for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began more than three weeks ago.
Canadian Said Alhassoimi, 16, said he and his family rushed to the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday after getting a call from Global Affairs Canada and hearing it was opening, only to find out Canadians were not among the foreigners allowed to cross.
Ahmad Abualjedian, a Canadian permanent resident living in Brantford, Ont., has family in Gaza and said he is desperate for help getting his wife and newborn daughter out of the besieged Palestinian territory. More than 300 foreign passport holders and more than 70 seriously injured Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza at the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday, the first such departure since the Israel-Hamas war began nearly four weeks ago.
No Canadians left Gaza via the Rafah crossing on Thursday, according to a government source with direct knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
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