First group of foreign nationals, including two Americans, allowed to leave Gaza

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Injured Palestinians and the first group of hundreds of foreign nationals, including two American aid workers, have made it out of Gaza into Egypt. Anderson speaks with Leah Okumura whose aunt was one of two Americans who were able to leave Gaza today. Also, New York Rep. Dan Goldman was in Tel Aviv with his family on October 7th when the attacks began. They were able to get out of Israel safely. He joins Anderson to talk about the debate over the U.S. funding Israel’s war in Gaza. For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’ here: https://link.chtbl.com/-lB8n-bJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening for the first time since the October 7th attack on Israel and the worn
0:05.4	Hamas that's followed hundreds of foreign nationals as well as those with dual citizenships
0:09.8	were finally allowed to leave Gaza today.
0:12.6	Many more still remain.
0:13.6	Two of them allowed to leave our U.S. citizens, both were aid workers.
0:18.0	In a moment we'll speak to the niece of one of those aid workers, Ramona Okumora, a 71-year
0:22.5	old Seattle resident who's been helping to make prosthetics for children in Gaza when
0:26.9	she was there on October 7th.
0:29.1	The State Department estimates there are about 1,000 Americans and 5,000 other foreign
0:33.3	nationals in Gaza who want to leave, President Biden said today he expects more Americans
0:37.9	to depart quote over the coming days.
0:40.8	In another first since the war began, injured Palestinians, 45, according to the Egyptian
0:45.1	government, were allowed to cross Gaza's southern border into Egypt.
0:49.0	This is a hospital in North Sinai where some were taken for treatment.
0:53.5	Signals shift in a conflict that for the second time in as many days saw Israel strike Hamas
0:58.3	targets in the Jabaliyah refugee camp north of Gaza.
1:02.0	According to the UN, it's the largest camp like that in Gaza.
1:05.4	In a statement, Israel says it struck a quote, Hamas command a controlled complex and that
1:09.5	quote, Hamas terrorists were eliminated in the strike.
1:13.0	The director of a hospital near the refugee camps as they received 80 bodies seen and can't
1:17.6	confirm either claim.
1:19.0	We'll have a full report on the new strike shortly as well as what this means for the humanitarian
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