Palestinians with dual citizenship to leave Gaza

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-09-2009 13:59

As the onslaught against Gaza continues, Israel allowed an unknown number of Palestinians with dual citizenship to leave Gaza City on Thursday.

Gazans with dual nationality gathered at a Red Cross center from where they took buses to the crossing.

A young boy sits atop suitcases as he is pushed on a luggage trolley while arriving to the Israeli side of the Erez crossing, after leaving the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009.  (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Palestinian with dual citizenship, said, "I think we need to open the eyes of the world to the real crisis that is happening in Gaza, there is a lot of people who need to stop their fighting and understand that there is humanity here and there are Palestinians here that need a little bit of chance."

Israel halted military action in Gaza for three hours on Thursday, as it did on Wednesday, to allow a limited number of trucks to deliver supplies.

United Nations aid officials, however, have said three hours is not enough to relieve widespread food and water shortages through Gaza.

Gaza is suffering from shortages of basic supplies and fuel, and much of the strip is without electricity and running water.

As residents continue to struggle with meeting their basic needs such aid handouts are their only lifeline.

Gaza Resident, said, "Aid should be sent to all people in the Gaza Strip, as the aid we receive does not exceed twenty or ten percent, all the people are in need of assistance and not just one party or the other."

In the West Bank town of Ramallah, Palestinians queued up to give blood in support of people in Gaza.

Hospitals and medical centers in Gaza have been running low on blood and all sorts of vital medical supplies.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei