Responding to an appeal from the family of Barbara Lango, a Mexican who works for the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said she had contacted the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for help.
Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena. Photo: Reuters
“We are trying to get her out through Egypt, but Israel is not granting permission for a humanitarian corridor nor is it allowing anyone to leave,” she said in a post on social media platform X.
“This is an urgent call to Israel because even war has rules,” Barcena added.
Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry had sent a note of protest to Israel after Ukrainian citizens were not allowed to evacuate from Gaza on Saturday.
“We do not understand why Ukrainian citizens were not allowed to evacuate, as well as other foreign citizens. In particular – as everyone stressed – women and children are the first to be evacuated,” Lubinets said.
The Ukrainian embassy in Israel said that 207 Ukrainian citizens, including 63 children, were evacuated from Tel Aviv to Romania on Saturday and another flight to take 155 people out of Israel was planned for Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Hamas attacks on Israel and called on the world to stand in solidarity with Israel.
Mexico's Foreign Ministry also condemned the Hamas attacks and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he wanted to keep his country neutral in the conflict.
Mai Anh (according to Reuters)
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