U.S. evacuates citizens from Israel to Cyprus

STORY: Reuters video footage showed families waiting at Haifa port, while U.S. embassy officials verified their documents.

The United States told its citizens in Gaza to get close to the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border so they can move out when possible.

The U.S. government estimates the number of dual-citizen Palestinian-Americans in Gaza at 500 to 600 among the enclave's population of 2.3 million, and Washington hopes to get many of its nationals out of harm's way.