Six people with Dutch nationality or residence status arrived in Egypt from Gaza via Rafah on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. This is the second group of Dutch people who were able to leave the Gaza Strip in this way.
The evacuees were temporarily received at the border by Belgian representatives. Their tasks were then taken over by a team from the Dutch embassy in Cairo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. That accompanies them to the Egyptian capital. There, if desired, they can receive medical and psychosocial help from Ministry of Defense personnel.
The Dutch embassy will ensure that the six travel back to the Netherlands. It is still unclear when that will happen.
The ministry reports that two new people trapped in Gaza have recently emerged. This brings the total number of people with Dutch nationality or residence status with whom there is contact to eighteen people. The ministry says it is doing everything it can to get them out of Gaza as quickly as possible.