ON THE LIST
The Palestinian border authority published what appeared to be a list of those approved to leave on Thursday. It included 596 names, classified by country.
There were 15 countries in total. Those with the largest number of names on the list were the United States with 400, Belgium with 50, Greece, 24, Croatia, 23, the Netherlands, 20, and Sri Lanka, 17.
For those on the list, the evacuation process appeared orderly, with a series of checks on both sides of the Rafah crossing, and the relief was palpable.
“I want to say that what is aired on TV is just 5 per cent of what we go through in reality,” said Shams Shaath, a US passport holder whose name appeared on the list.
“We’ve seen people displaced, children who lost their parents, burnt and decapitated bodies. I’m one of the people who lost their houses,” he said.
Source: CNA
