US making intense effort to get hostages out of Gaza, no guarantee of success - official
Explaining why it took "so long" to get foreign nationals out, the official said Hamas conditioned the release of foreigners on wounded Palestinians being able to exit as well.
Palestinian laborers, who were in Israel during the Hamas October 7 attack, arrive at the Rafah border after being sent back by Israel to the strip, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023. (photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated:
