Egyptian border guards check the documents people leaving Gaza as dual national Palestinians and foreigners prepare to cross the Rafah border point with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 2 November, 2023. AFP
The evacuation, carried out in recent days, was the result of "pretty intensive negotiations with all sides relevant to this conflict," White House deputy national security advisor Jonathan Finer told CBS News.
"Despite these efforts, the United States believes there are still a number of Americans inside Gaza," he added.
"This is obviously a major priority and one that we're going to continue to work out until every American who wants to leave is able to do so," Finer said.
Sunday's latest count of evacuated Americans comes after the White House said nearly 80 US citizens and their family members had left Wednesday and Thursday.
The Rafah border crossing opened up Wednesday after weeks of war, allowing a number of wounded Palestinians and people with dual nationality to leave, all desperate to escape Israel's bombardment.
A Qatar-mediated deal, according to Reuters, was reached between Egypt, Hamas, and Israel to allow for the movement of foreign passport holders and some critically injured people out of the besieged Gaza.
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