'Handful of Americans' expected to leave Gaza Wednesday: White House
A "handful of Americans" are expected to leave Gaza on Wednesday and enter Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said.
According to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, five American aid workers crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Wednesday.
Kirby called the exit of Americans "a significant breakthrough."
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Approximately 400 Americans, as well as 600 of their family members, have been trapped in Gaza, according to the State Department.
"We've gotten through a bottleneck," Kirby said, but the evacuations will "take some time."
He cautioned that "the situation remains very fluid" and explained the "complicated process" to identify Americans and make sure they have proper documentation and can access an available route to exit safely and efficiently.
President Joe Biden said later Wednesday afternoon, "American citizens were able to exit today as part of the first group of probably over 1,000. We’ll see more of this process going on in the coming days. We're working nonstop to get Americans out of Gaza, as soon and as safely as possible."
-ABC News' Justin Ryan Gomez