Hungarian citizens who wanted to leave Gaza left, one stays
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Six more Hungarian citizens – four children and their two Palestinian family members – have left the Gaza Strip, leaving only one Hungarian citizen in the area, who has decided to stay, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said late on Wednesday.
The security situation in the Middle East remains desperate, Szijjártó said after returning from Morocco, according to a ministry statement. He noted that in recent weeks, the ministry had been in contact with 15 Hungarian citizens who had been stuck in Gaza without the possibility of getting out.
Two weeks ago, foreign nationals were given the chance to leave the area, Szijjártó said, noting that he had spoken with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts who had assured him that the Hungarians in question could leave Gaza via the Rafah border crossing towards Egypt.
Not long after this, eight Hungarian citizens and their Palestinian relatives were able to leave, while seven people stayed in view of the security risks, the minister said, noting that several of the Hungarians had since been injured.