Zaynab Wandawi, 29, from Salford, Greater Manchester, had made it through the Rafah crossing from the beseiged territory
The mother of a British teacher who has managed to flee war-torn Gaza after more than four weeks said she is “beyond relief” after she crossed into Egypt.
“I am very thankful they’re out, but I have an acute awareness that she’s very privileged that she’s able to leave. She said it took most of the day for them to be processed, before they were able to enter Egypt, where they boarded a bus to Cairo. “She sounded more herself than I’ve heard her over the last month, she sounded more like Zaynab when I was speaking with her.On Tuesday, another two British nationals were on the list of foreign passport holders permitted to leave Gaza by the Palestinian border authorities.
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