On Monday, Hamas announced that it had agreed to a ceasefire deal brokered by Egypt and Qatar. Israel rejected the deal which it said contained elements it could not accept and began its incursion into Rafah, where more than a million Gazans have sought shelter from the war.
In January, the Canadian government announced a new program the Special Measures for Extended Families of Palestinian Canadians in Gaza meant to allow relations of Palestinian-Canadians in the war zone to move here temporarily to escape the conflict.
But the program depends on the governments of Israel and Egypt approving individuals for travel through the Rafah crossing into the latter country, once they are placed on a list by Canada.
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