AMMAN: Egyptian authorities have authorized an additional 61 Jordanian citizens to leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, officials in Jordan said on Thursday.

Since October, 1,247 Jordanian citizens have registered with authorities that they are in Gaza, and 764 of them have been evacuated from the territory so far.

Sufyan Qudah, a spokesperson for Jordan’s Foreign Ministry, said staff from the country’s embassy in Egypt are stationed at the border crossing to monitor the evacuation process and assist Jordanians by providing essential support, including medical aid, and coordinating travel arrangements for nationals granted permission to leave.

Meanwhile, Jordan’s armed forces completed seven airdrops of humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Jordan News Agency reported. The operations were carried out by the Royal Jordanian Air Force in cooperation with Egypt, the US, Germany and Singapore, which provided the use of planes.

Sources said the airdrops reflected Jordan’s aim of broadening the scope of international collaborations as part of the efforts to deliver greater amounts of critical aid to the people of Gaza. Since the start of the war in October, the country has carried out 53 airdrops of its own, and taken part in 78 joint airdrop operations with other countries.