Ukraine receives permission for 329 Ukrainians to leave Gaza Strip – Ambassador

12:37, 09.11.2023 1 min read

As of Thursday morning, November 9, Ukraine has received permits for a total of 329 Ukrainians to leave the Gaza Strip, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk said.

"We received permission for 101 people three days ago, and the day before yesterday, in the evening we received additional permission for another 228 people. That is, we can talk about permits for 329 people in total. These permits are valid. I think that we will be able to get a few more permits, but not a lot, since the vast majority of our applications were reviewed by the Israeli side and agreed upon positively," Korniychuk said on the air of Suspilne.Sprotyv on Thursday morning.

According to him, no one knows exactly how many Ukrainians are in the Gaza Strip. The embassy estimates more than 500 people.

"In total, about 370 people contacted us; contact with some of them was lost because they were not evacuated from the north, where heavy fighting is taking place," Korniychuk explained.