National security adviser Jake Sullivan blamed Hamas for stopping United States citizens in the Gaza Strip from fleeing the territory into Egypt.
Sullivan tells Tapper that Hamas is preventing American citizens from crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt pic.twitter.com/UjNYHFXQwrHamas, a Palestinian militant group named a terrorist organization by the U.S., attacked Israel early on Oct. 7 in the largest assault on Jewish people since the Holocaust. So far, the death toll has surpassed over 3,600 people on both sides.
The U.S. Embassy in Israel announced Sunday that it will plan to evacuate Americans by sea on Monday morning.
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