OTTAWA — The federal government has told Canadians trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip they will likely have to wait at least until Monday to escape the war-torn territory and cross the Rafah border into Egypt, but even that date remains uncertain.
Dalia Salim received an email from Global Affairs Canada Saturday evening that says evacuations for Canadian citizens, permanent residents and family members are tentatively scheduled to begin as early as Monday.
Salim says she was warned that because the border remains closed, her father's departure from Gaza could be delayed. A spokesman with the Palestinian Crossings Authority said officials in Gaza didn't allow foreign passport holders to leave because Israel was preventing the evacuation of Palestinian patients for treatment in Egypt.
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