An American Citizen Managed To Leave Gaza, But The Decision Was Not Easy
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🗓️ 6 November 2023
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With food, water and electricity in short supply, thousands of people in Gaza are hoping for a chance to flee to Egypt.
But so far, only a trickle of people have been allowed to pass through, a few hundred at a time.
NPR's Mary Louis Kelly is reporting from Tel Aviv, and spoke with an American citizen who managed to make it out of Gaza.
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| 0:00.0 | calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are growing, with demonstrations in Washington, D.C. New York, France, and the UK |
| 0:16.1 | over the weekend. |
| 0:17.1 | See try now! |
| 0:21.1 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected proposals for a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause, |
| 0:29.1 | a break in the war to aid civilians in Gaza. |
| 0:32.4 | They are very, very worried that Hamas will exploit anything that is happening on the ground |
| 0:39.8 | to the benefit of Hamas. |
| 0:41.4 | Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Evo Dalder spoke to NPR about Israel's refusal. |
| 0:47.0 | It's one of the reasons it's been so hard to get humanitarian assistance in. |
| 0:52.0 | Israel doesn't want any fuel because they fear that |
| 0:54.3 | fuel that might be meant for generators at hospitals will actually be diverted to |
| 0:59.5 | Hamas to allow it to fight. The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported more than 10,000 |
| 1:05.9 | people killed since October 7th when Israel retaliated after an attack by |
| 1:11.3 | Hamas with no end to the war in sight and with food, water, |
| 1:16.0 | and electricity in short supply, |
| 1:18.0 | thousands of people in Gaza are hoping |
| 1:21.0 | for a chance to flee into Egypt through the border crossing at Rafa. |
| 1:27.0 | Consider this since the Rafa border opened up last week it has been flooded with people hoping to leave. Coming up, we'll hear from |
| 1:36.0 | someone who did. From NPR I'm Wanna Summers. It's Monday, November 6th. |
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