JOURNALIST: The Independent has reviewed a list of 400 Americans who have been cleared to leave by the Egyptians, the Israelis, and so forth. There have been prior reports that there were, I believe, between 500 and 700 Americans in Gaza. So I'm curious about this discrepancy. There are 400 cleared to leave. If there are several hundred more in Gaza, is there a reason that they have not been cleared to leave? Have they not asked? Are they on some other list? And why then would the U.S. not object to U.S. passport holders not being allowed to exit?
JOHN KIRBY: You are talking about a rolling process here. I think our estimate is somewhere between 1,000 and and 1200 U.S. citizens, and that includes dual nationals and legal permanent residents and family members. So then, the pool is somewhere in that number- somewhere there. About 400 families. But this is a rolling process of getting folks out. So we know that there have been 400 that have gotten through that process, and we fully expect that the rest of them will get through that as well.
