The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major General Ghassan Alian, revealed on the unit’s Facebook page in Arabic, “Al-Munasiq,” the attempts of senior Gaza City and Hamas officials to evacuate their family members to a third country through the Israeli mechanism for evacuating Gaza residents. Their requests were denied by Israel. COGAT wrote, among other things, that Gaza City Council member Anwar Atallah left Gaza two weeks ago through Jordan to a third country with his family – with the approval of the security establishment. Also requesting and being denied were Hamas government minister Mohammed Madhoun along with his family members, the family of Hamas Foreign Affairs and Security Committee Chairman Ismail Ashqar and the family of Hamas Government Committee Chairman Alaa al-Din Batta.