AMMAN —The Directorate of Operations and
Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has
announced the evacuation of 36 Jordanian citizens over the past two days out of
61 individuals for whom the ministry initiated evacuation procedures from the
Gaza Strip to Egypt via the Rafah crossing on Thursday.
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The
Ministry's spokesman, Ambassador Sufian Al-Qudah, explained that transportation
arrangements were made through the Jordanian Embassy in Egypt on Saturday for
18 Jordanian citizens out of the 36 who were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt via
the Rafah crossing, Al-Ghad reported.
He added that they were then transported to
Jordan aboard a ship belonging to the Arab Bridge Maritime Company, in
coordination with the Ministry of Transport. The ship arrived at the port of
Aqaba from Nuweiba.
Qudah further stated that the Aqaba Special
Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) received them, provided assistance, medical
care, and facilitated transportation for those who wished to travel to Amman.
Additionally, he mentioned that another 18 of
those evacuated arrived in Cairo, pointing out that the number of Jordanian
citizens evacuated from Gaza to Egypt via the Rafah crossing has reached 799
out of the 1247 individuals registered on the ministry's lists.
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