Yasmine Salam is an associate producer with the NBC News Investigative Unit. Previously she worked in the London Bureau, covering international stories.
Children sat on suitcases as hundreds of Palestinian Americans gathered by the Rafah border crossing to Egypt with hopes they could flee Gaza to safety. But the crossing remained closed Monday, despite promises from U.S. State Department officials, leaving many Palestinian Americans frustrated but “not surprised.” “We are surviving on sandwiches,” said Maha Barakat, an American citizen desperate to cross the border into Egypt.
Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to President Biden, on Sunday told NBC's 'Meet the Press' that his priority is to have “safe places that civilians can go that will not be subject to bombardments” and that he is working with the U.N., Israel, Egypt and Jordan to try to ensure that. He acknowledged that no American citizens have been able to cross. More than 2,800 people have been killed in Gaza and 10,859 have been injured in the violence following the unprecedented Oct.
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