A Spaniard who works at the UN Office for Peace in the Middle East (UNSCO) left Gaza this Thursday and is now in Egypt, diplomatic sources have confirmed to EFE.

This is Jesús Pérez Arellano, sources from the organizations that work in the area have confirmed.

The worker from the Office of the Special Coordinator for the Peace Process in the Middle East is the second Spaniard to have left the war zone through the Rafah border crossing, after doctor Raúl Incertis, who worked for Doctors, left this Wednesday. Without Borders.

With the departure of Pérez Arellano, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “closes” the departure of Spanish employees of NGOs and international organizations in Gaza, the sources have indicated.

The acting Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, informed the media this Thursday that it is expected that between 140 and 170 Spaniards will be able to leave the Gaza Strip and has specified that the Israeli and Egyptian authorities are already coordinating with the countries these exits.

For its part, the Government already has “everything prepared” in Cairo to go look for the Spaniards who manage to leave “on Thursday or Friday.”. Likewise, the acting Defense Minister has not ruled out the Government organizing an air evacuation if necessary.. “The Armed Forces are prepared,” he assured, without giving further details.

The acting Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, stressed for his part that Spain is “committed to the security of Spanish citizens in Gaza and the Middle East.”

“Thank you to everyone who has made possible the departure from Gaza of the two Spanish members of international organizations who requested it.. We continue working for future evacuations,” Albares published on his social network account X (formerly Twitter).