British RAF planes started evacuation flights from Israel while officials told UK citizens in Gaza to “be ready” if the Rafah crossing opens, the Foreign Office said. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Sunday said he was trying to arrange the reopening of the Rafah crossing – the only passage in and out of the Gaza Strip not controlled by Israel but the situation remained “very, very difficult”. The first three flights carrying Britons fleeing the conflict arrived in Cyprus and the UK on Sunday.
