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The security services of Israel and Egypt have not granted permission to evacuate 29 Ukrainians from the besieged Gaza Strip due to their alleged cooperation with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniichuk told Hromadske on Jan. 11.
The security services of Israel and Egypt have refused to grant permission to evacuate 29 Ukrainian citizens who were included in the evacuation lists by Ukraine's Embassy in Israel. Source: Yevhen Korniichuk, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel, in a comment to Radio Liberty Quote: "To be frank, there are those who want to evacuate, but there is no possibility [to do so] because some of the people on the lists we submitted were rejected by the competent authorities of Israel and Egypt.
The total number of evacuated Ukrainians has increased to 214, as 11 more Ukrainians were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt. Source: Yevhen Korniichuk, Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: "11 more Ukrainians crossed the Rafah border crossing point from Gaza to Egypt.
Ukraine has received permits for 329 Ukrainians to leave the Gaza Strip. Source: Suspilne with reference to a statement by the ambassador of Ukraine to Israel, Yevhen Korniichuk, on air of Suspilne.Sprotyv Quote: "We received a permit for 101 people three days ago, and the evening before yesterday, we received an additional permit for another 228 people.