Bus Taking Foreigners Out Of Gaza Returned To Gaza City Because Of Rocket Fire

The first bus with foreign citizens who received approval from Israeli authorities to leave Gaza via the Erez crossing point was forced to return to Gaza City because of rocket fire, Romania’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.

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Official sources told MEDIAFAX there was one family of Romanians on the bus.

The ministry said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies did not take responsibility to continue the trip to Erez.

The Romanian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, stays in touch with Romanian citizens in Gaza and Israeli authorities to continue evacuating people from the area.

The ministry said earlier Monday in a press release that 63 Romanian nationals, with both Romanian and Palestinian citizenship, received green light from Israeli authorities to leave the Gaza Strip, via the Erez border crossing.

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