Palestinian Americans trapped in Gaza sue the Biden administration

A group of Palestinian Americans, either trapped in Gaza or have relatives trapped there, has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, accusing it of abandoning Americans of Palestinian origin in Gaza during the ongoing Israeli war on the enclave.

The lawsuit, filed by nine Palestinian Americans with support from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) and the law office of Maria Kari, states that the US government failed to implement standard efforts to evacuate Americans and their families from Gaza.

The plaintiffs had tried for months to use all non-legal means to either escape Gaza themselves or help their immediate family members escape.

According to Cair, each of the plaintiffs is eligible to be evacuated by the US, but they have been "summarily ignored by the State Department and other Biden administration officials".

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