Evening Update: No Canadians among the first foreign nationals permitted to leave Gaza Strip


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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: The latest from the Middle East Authorities in Israel and Egypt gave permission for dozens of badly injured Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip today through the southern Rafah crossing into Egypt. Roughly 500 foreign-passport holders were also allowed to leave – but no Canadians were included in the first batch of departures. A total of 451 Canadians have registered with Ottawa to say they are in the West Bank and Gaza. The majority of them are in Gaza. Countries not included on the list today, including Canada, are pushing to have...