In the Gaza Strip, 243 citizens of Ukraine are waiting for rescue, these are women and children, said Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets.
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets arrived on Saturday, October 14, to take part in the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from the Gaza Strip, but two hours before the evacuation of Ukrainians and foreigners from the Gaza Strip, for unknown reasons , the Israeli Foreign Ministry reported that they did not guarantee security and withdrew this permission. Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said this during the telethon.
According to the Ombudsman, 243 Ukrainian citizens are waiting for rescue in the Gaza Strip, these are women and children.
The Ombudsman reported that there is no electricity in the Gaza Strip, problems with water, food, medicine, and no mobile communications.
“And this connection with our citizens has also disappeared. Right now, we have 243 citizens who need evacuation, and we understand that this number is definitely not final, it will grow. Regarding the current situation in Israel, indeed, Yesterday there was officially documented permission to evacuate citizens of Ukraine, as well as other citizens of foreign countries, who must cross the Rafah crossing point, in fact the only crossing point that can be used for the evacuation of the civilian population and foreign nationals. countries can enter the territory of Egypt. Today before this evacuation for unknown reasons, the Israeli Foreign Ministry reported that they do not guarantee safety and withdraw they have this permission. There is already an official statement from our Foreign Ministry, our ambassador has officially sent a note of protest. According to our information, some other countries have done the same or are planning to do the same “We We do not understand why Ukrainian citizens, like other citizens of foreign countries, are not allowed to evacuate. Besides, everyone insists that women and children are the first to ask for evacuation,” said Lubinets.
He added that the checkpoint itself on the Egyptian side is open.
It will be recalled that Israel ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza within 24 hours.
Source: korrespondent
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