Five Korean Nationals Included in Second List for Rafa Border Crossing

Five Family Members Living Long-Term Locally

As foreigners and dual nationals in Gaza are evacuating through the Rafah border, it has been reported that five South Korean nationals are included in the list of those allowed to cross the border.

Foreign media such as Al Jazeera and The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 2nd (local time) that the Gaza authorities in charge of border crossing announced the second evacuation approval list that morning, conveying this news.

Residents of Gaza Strip trying to evacuate to Egypt
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It is known that about 600 foreigners and dual nationals evacuated to Egypt through the Rafah checkpoint that day. They come from a total of 15 countries, including the United States (400), Belgium (50), Greece (24), and Croatia (23), totaling 596 people.

Among them, there are five South Koreans, including a South Korean woman in her 40s, her Palestinian husband in his 40s, and their three children. They are the only South Korean nationals who were in Gaza, and are known to have lived there for a long time.

If they cross the border that day, they will escape Gaza 26 days after the war broke out due to Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on October 7.

Earlier, Egypt, Israel, and Hamas agreed, mediated by Qatar, to facilitate the movement of foreigners and critically injured patients through the Rafah border crossing connecting the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Egypt. Since then, more than 360 foreign nationals have entered Egypt through the Rafah checkpoint as the first group the previous day.

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