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First evacuees leave Gaza after another night of Israeli shelling

JERUSALEM/GAZA: A first batch of civilians displaced from Gaza crossed into Egypt under a Qatar-brokered deal on Wednesday, while Israeli forces bombarded the Palestinian enclave from land, sea and air as they pressed their offensive against Hamas militants. The evacuees, who have been trapped in Gaza since the start of the war more than three weeks ago, were taken in ambulances through the Rafah border crossing. A border source said they are undergoing security checks on the Egyptian side. Under the agreement reached between Egypt, Israel and Hamas, some foreign nationals and the seriously wounded will be allowed to leave