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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said Thursday that 74 US citizens with dual citizenship have left the Gaza Strip, announcing the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Middle East for consultation with Israeli and Jordanian leaders concerning the Israel-Hamas war.
The administration said earlier this week that five Americans were among dozens of dual citizens who were able to get out of the Strip where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the administration was hopeful that additional US citizens would be able to leave Gaza on Thursday and the pace of Americans who want to leave will now move at an accelerated pace.
As he did last month, Blinken will stress US support for Israel and try to prevent a wider Mideast war as he visits Israel and Jordan starting on Friday. But Blinken’s agenda this time is more crowded and more complex as the conflict intensifies and the Biden administration grapples with competing domestic and international interests and anger.
Biden also met Thursday with Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who is in Washington for a White House summit with Western Hemisphere leaders. “What is happening in the Gaza Strip is simply unacceptable,” said Boric, who also condemned Hamas’s attack on Israel.
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