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good evening. for the first time since the october 7th attack on israel and the war in hamas that's followed, hundreds of foreign nationals were finally allowed to leave gaza today. many more still remain. two allowed to leave are u.s. citizens. both were aide workers. in a moment, we'll speak to the niece of one of those aide workers, a 71-year-old seattle resident, who's been helping to make prosthetics for children in gaza when she was there on october 7th. the state department estimates there are about 1,000 americans and 5,000 other foreign nationals in gaza who want to leave. p...

we will not allow them to use israel as a political country. good morning, everyone. welcome. i'm phil mattingly in new york. we're going to show you live pictures at the rafah border crossing there in egypt where 400 foreign nationals and 60 injured people are expected to leave gaza today. ambulances have been lining up to pick up the wounded. we spoke to an american pediatrician who was able to get out yesterday. it was her first interview and she feels terrible for the people still there running out of water and food. >> just relieved to be here, but i just feel awful for the de...

>> wherever you are around the world's are thank you for joining us here on cnn, i'm john vause in atlanta with the ongoing kupfer of -- on hamas a few hundred people holding foreign passports and dozens civilian wounded palestinians have arrived in egypt from gaza. for weeks many have been waiting on the rafah crossing with egypt. the two other border crossings into israel remain sealed. israel and egypt agreed to open the border after the u.s. and qatar brokered deal which allowed all foreign nationals and dual citizens to leave gaza. your state department believes 1000 americans a...

viewsers joining us. it is thursday, november 2. 10:00 a.m. in gaza where israeli airstrikes again lit up the skies overnight. israel's military says its forces have now reached the outskirts of gaza city. the idf say 17 of its sold engineers have been killed since the ground incursion began. in northern gaza, israeli airstrikes struck the refugee camp for the second time. at least 80 people were killed, most were women and children. unicef says more than 400 children have died each day in gaza since the war started. meanwhile we're waiting to see if more foreign nationals are able t...

>> hello, and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and -- as we continue our coverage of israel at war. i am paula newton. it is 28 here in atlanta, atm and gaza, while we are waiting to see if more foreign nationals are waiting to cross the border into egypt. for the first time since -- rafah border crossing opened wednesday to several hundred for nationals, including aid workers, who have been stuck at the border. the u.s. state department believes about 1000 americans and their families are still in gaza and trying to leave. here is u.s. presiden...