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