site.btaTwo Bulgarian Citizens, One Palestinian Successfully Evacuated from Gaza Strip

Three people – two young Bulgarian citizens and an elderly Palestinian woman, a member of the family of one of the Bulgarians – were successfully evacuated from the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday morning.

The evacuation was carried out in close cooperation with Bulgarian partners and was coordinated by four Bulgarian diplomatic missions. The operation lasted over 24 hours, beginning in the early hours of September 29. The evacuees passed through Jordan with the assistance of the Bulgarian Embassy in Amman and then continued on to Istanbul with the support of the Consulate General of Bulgaria.

The actions are the result of preliminary communication between the relatives of the evacuees and the Bulgarian missions in Tel Aviv and Ramallah, as well as coordination between these missions and the respective countries.

All participants in the operation express their gratitude for the assistance provided, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry added.