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hello. this is bbc news. i m anna foster live in southern israel. there are suggestions that the first foreign passport holders will be able to leave gaza through the rafah crossing, along with some badly injured people. let me show you these pictures you can see on your screen now. we know that the call went out just a few screen now. we know that the call went outjust a few hours ago that people were likely to be able to leave, and we are seeing, you can see the cameras in those pictures, the crowds of people in that internal area at the crossing point. potentially 500 or so foreign passport holders will be able to passport holders will be able to pass through. the afp news agency says that that has already happened. if you just look at these pictures and imagine this crossing point which has several stages, and what it is hard to tell right now is our people moving internally on the gaza side and whether or not they have actually crossed through to egypt. it will only be w
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper in washington, d.c. tonight, as israel ramps up the bombardment of the terror group hamas, innocent civilians are finally being allowed to leave war-ravaged gaza. and egyptian official tells cnn that 361 foreign nationals left gaza and entered egypt through the rafah crossing today. the u.s. state department confirms some of them were americans. and sources say the group includes two american aid workers, dr. barbara zind, and ramona okumura, a prosthetics expert. one of ramona s family members will join us live in moments for now. so stick around for that. and the white house said it expects to get all americans out of gaza. a number believed to be around 400 within a few days. dozens of severely injured palestinians were allowed to cross into egypt today. and were rushed to egyptian hospitals for medical care that they haven t been able to get in gaza. despite this small g
foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, called for an independent investigation into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it called israel s systematic targeting of civilians and aid agencies. in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure, as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al sharti camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. and there has been speculation in isreali media that a senior hamas command
foreign affairs chief, josep borrell, called for an independent investigation into israeli shelling that damaged the gaza office of the international committee of the red cross on friday. jordan condemned what it called israel s systematic targeting of civilians and aid agencies. in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people attended what organisers said was the biggest anti government protest since the war began. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under continued public pressure as the families of 116 hostages held by hamas in gaza plead for a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al sharti camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who were at the scene. and there has been speculation in media but a senior hamas command i was being tar