Trapped volunteers call on the United States to stop sending weapons to Israel, as the closure of the Rafah border crossing cuts the flow of food and medical supplies.

Most of a group of American doctors and nurses stranded in a Gaza hospital made it out of the enclave, but some chose to stay behind to treat wounded Palestinians.

A group of 17 American doctors were allowed to evacuate Gaza on Friday according to the Biden administration after secure discussions between U.S. and Israeli authorities. The doctors had been in Gaza on a medical mission but weren’t able to leave on their original departure date last week due to the Rafah border crossing being closed.

Some American doctors who were trapped in a Gaza hospital are choosing to stay after being offered the choice to leave. NBC News' Ryan Nobles talks to one of the doctors staying in the hospital about his decision.

The Biden administration is working to get U.S. doctors out of Gaza, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday, as fighting intensified in the seaside enclave.

Two American doctors volunteering to provide medical care in Gaza say they are stuck without a safe passage amid Israel’s siege of Rafah.

White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby told reporters Friday that 17 of 20 American doctors in Gaza who wanted to leave made it out of the besieged enclave.

At least 22 American physicians were trapped in Gaza after an Israeli military offensive in Rafah last week shuttered the city's critical border crossing to Egypt.

Seventeen of the 20 American doctors who were stuck in Gaza after Israel shut the border crossing from Rafah to Egypt have safely departed the enclave, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday.

Almost all the American doctors who were stuck in Gaza amid the Israeli siege have been evacuated, the White House says.