Many foreign passport holders began to evacuate Gaza's war-torn area after Egypt opened the Rafah crossing for traffic for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7. Passport holders from 44 countries and 28 agencies, including UN bodies, are reportedly residing in the Gaza Strip, where 2.4 million people have been subjected to over three weeks of ceaseless Israeli bombardment in retaliation for the Hamas attacks.
