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Four Indonesians evacuated from Gaza on November: Retno
The evacuees had arrived in Cairo, she said in a press conference.
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This aerial view shows humanitarian aid trucks arriving from Egypt after having crossed through the Rafah border crossing arriving at a storage facility in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 21, 2023. The first aid trucks arrived in war-torn Gaza from Egypt on October 21, bringing urgent humanitarian relief to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave suffering what the UN chief labelled a “godawful nightmare“. Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas after the Islamist militant group carried out the deadliest attack in the country's history on October 7. (AFP/Belal Al Sabbagh)
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oreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Friday that four Indonesians and one wife of an Indonesian national had been evacuated from Gaza on Nov. 2.
The evacuees had arrived in Cairo, she said in a press conference.
On Friday, Israeli ground troops encircled Gaza City in their war against Hamas, as top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived in Israel for a trip focused on "concrete steps" to minimise Palestinian civilian casualties.
Ahead of Blinken's arrival, Israel's military said on Thursday it had "completed the encirclement" of the narrow Palestinian territory's largest city -- signalling a new phase in the nearly month-long conflict.
Fighting was triggered by Hamas' bloody raids on October 7 that Israeli officials say killed more than 1,400 people.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 9,000 people have died in Israeli bombardments, mostly women and children.
Fresh Israeli strikes rocked the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, an AFP correspondent said, and the Gaza health ministry reported at least 15 deaths in Gaza City's Zeitun neighbourhood and seven in Jabalia refugee camp.
The Hamas government has said 195 people were killed in Israeli bombardments on Jabalia earlier this week, with hundreds more missing and wounded, figures AFP could not independently verify.
Meanwhile, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday Filipinos waiting to leave Gaza via Egypt's Rafah border could leave by today or tomorrow, citing a commitment from Israel.
