Foreign Minister Penny Wong said work to secure Australians in Gaza a safe passage out is ongoing.
Australians remain stuck in Gaza as Israeli troops prepare for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory. Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Sunday told reporters there were 1,234 Australians seeking repatriation as the conflict intensifies. The majority of those are in Israel, with a small number in Gaza. Wong did not specify how many, but earlier this week said 19 Australians there had registered their interest.
Some 1,300 people were killed in the onslaught, with reports from medical and emergency services of atrocities in the towns and kibbutzes that were overrun. Israel responded by subjecting Gaza to the most intense bombardment it has ever seen, putting the enclave, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under total siege and destroying much of its infrastructure. Gaza authorities say more than 2,200 people have been killed, a quarter of them children, and nearly 10,000 wounded.
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