Algerian families seek transfer from Gaza

Tens of families living in the Gaza strip called on the Algerian government to evacuate them out of the territory which has been under Israel’s strikes for nearly the third week.

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• Palestinian Samer Abu Deka who is married with an Algerian woman said tens of Algerian families living in Gaza ask official authorities in Algeria to intervene for their evacuation.
• “Our children can not bear living under the Israeli continuous bombardments for nearly three weeks,” he told Echorouk on phone.
• “If it is not possible, we are asking them to care about our children only and save them from those massacres.”
• Previously, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelsi had said the government could not evacuate Algerians living in the Gaza Strip due to hinders from Egyptian authorities.
• At least 984 Palestinians lost their lives including 300 children and 100 women since Israel began a massive military offensive in the Gaza Strip on December 17.
•  Egypt has refused to permanently open the Rafah crossing, citing a 2005 agreement that required the presence of EU monitors and Palestinian Authority representatives at the passage.