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A quite extraordinary statement from a senior Biden administration official during a call with reporters this evening, possibly explaining the slow pace of getting foreign nationals out of the Gaza Strip.
“Hamas was not allowing anybody to leave,” the person said. “And then they said that they would allow foreign nationals to leave, subject to a number of wounded Palestinians being allowed to leave, as well, which of course is not objectionable.
“But the list that was provided, once it was vetted, about a third of the wounded Palestinians on the list were members of Hamas,” the official went on, calling the subterfuge “unacceptable.”
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