wherever you are around the world, thank you for joining us on cnn. i am john vause in atlanta with our ongoing coverage of israel s war with hamas. for the first time since israel declared war on hamas, a few hundred people hosting foreign passports and a few dozen seriously wounded palestinians have arrived in egypt from gaza. for weeks, many have been waiting at the rafah crossing on the border with egypt. the two other border crossings into israel remain closed. israel and egypt agreed to open the order after negotiations brokered by the u.s. and qatar, which allowed hundreds more to leave in the hundreds coming days. the u.s. state department believes 1000 americans and their families are stuck inside gaza, trying to get out. here is the u.s. president, joe biden. we are in a situation where safe passage for wanted palestinians and foreign nationals takes from gaza has started. the american citizens are able to exit today as part of the first group of proba