The departure of foreigners from the Gaza Strip will be carried out in alphabetical order in accordance with their citizenship.
The Foreign Ministry and other departments are preparing the evacuation of Ukrainians from the Gaza Strip after the Egyptian authorities allowed entry into their territory through the Rafah checkpoint.
Press Secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko announced this online on November 1.
Nikolenko said that against the backdrop of the decision of the Egyptian authorities to allow the departure of foreigners from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah checkpoint, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other involved departments and Ukrainian embassies in the region began the preparatory stage of the evacuation of Ukrainians.
Currently, there are 358 Ukrainians on the list of those wishing to leave Gaza – mostly women and children . Everyone is in contact.
Preparations for the evacuation of Ukrainians from Gaza
The Foreign Ministry speaker informed that an official request has already been sent to the parties involved to issue permits to leave the Gaza Strip and transit through Egyptian territory. Approval awaited.
Documents for Ukrainians who do not have valid travel documents have also been prepared and the necessary transport has been booked.
Ukraine has formed a team of diplomats that will arrive at the Gaza border to help citizens on the ground.
“As the Egyptian side reported, the departure of foreigners from the Gaza Strip will be carried out in alphabetical order, according to their citizenship. We are working to get our people out as quickly as possible . The issue is under the personal control of Minister Dmitry Kuleba,” Nikolenko concluded.
Note that the evacuation of Ukrainians from Israel began in the first days of the war there after the Hamas attack on October 7. But evacuation from the Gaza Strip has until now been impossible.
Let us recall that, as Israeli Ambassador Mikhail Brodsky reported on October 31, 25 Ukrainian citizens were killed as a result of the Hamas attack.
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