Gaza evacuations suspended after ambulance attacked - Egyptian sources
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Palestinians holding Spanish passports arrive in a car to wait for permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern GazaCAIRO - Evacuations of injured Gazans and foreign passport holders through the Rafah crossing to Egypt have been suspended since Saturday, but Egyptian, U.S. and Qatari officials said there were efforts to resume them.
"We believe it will this afternoon," a senior U.S. State Department official said, speaking on condition of anonymity."Don't hold me to it," the official added. Waiting on the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing on Sunday, Majed al-Huwaihi, a Palestinian with German citizenship, said he was worried that he and his wife and three children would not be allowed to cross.An Egyptian official told Reuters that the Egyptian side of the border was open as usual for any evacuees, but that crossings were suspended because of bombardments in Gaza. Egypt was making"genuine efforts" to resume activity, the official said.
Qatar, which has played a major role in facilitating humanitarian aid and hostage releases, said it was also pushing to resume crossings but no timeline was set.
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