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Day after day, thousands more people in northern Gaza are scrambling to get to a place of greater safety, as intense fighting rages there between Israel and Hamas.
“They told me ‘Stand strong. We’ll be back soon,’ ” says Canadian who stayed behind in Gaza as his family got out.
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed Wednesday, the federal government has confirmed, meaning no foreign nationals or Canadians were able to pass through.
Canadians in the Gaza Strip who were told they might be able to get out of the besieged Palestinian territory over the weekend are instead still waiting for their chance to escape.
“They told me ‘Stand strong. We’ll be back soon,’ ” says Canadian who stayed behind in Gaza.