Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza’s border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 2, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel's bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black iron gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for the first time since the war began.
Restless children pressed their faces against the wire mesh as families with backpacks and carry-on suitcases pushed and jostled. The air was thick with apprehension.
Everyone was waiting for the Hamas authorities to call their names over the scratchy . . .
