A Los Angeles city employee from Simi Valley who was trapped in Gaza for weeks was evacuated this week to Egypt.
The 53-year-old Simi Valley man was visiting family in Gaza when war erupted following the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.A Los Angeles city employee trapped in Gaza for weeks was evacuated this week to Egypt, one of hundreds of people who were able to escape the violence and misery of the war zone for the first time in three weeks.following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel. He had been there for nearly a month of violence and devastation.
"It has been a source of tremendous turmoil and pain speaking with his son," Bass said."His father had gone to Northern Gaza to visit his mother, and when he was told to evacuate he evacuated to the south. He went to Rafa and then wasn’t able to get across the border." The evacuees are the first people to leave Gaza, other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forces. The U.S. State Department said American citizens were among those who left.
State Department officials said they expected more Americans and other foreign nationals to get out of Gaza in coming days. Talks were reportedly ongoing among Egypt, Israel and Qatar, which has been mediating with Hamas. By midafternoon Wednesday, 335 foreign passport holders left Gaza through the Rafah crossing into Egypt, said Wael Abu Omar, a spokesman for the Palestinian Crossings Authority. Seventy-six Palestinian patients, along with their companions, have been evacuated for treatment in Egypt, Abu Omar said. Egypt has said it will not accept an influx of Palestinian refugees, fearing Israel will not allow them to return to Gaza after the war.
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