Courtesy: Foreign Policy
THE Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday all Filipinos in Gaza City have left the area adding all 131 Filipinos in the Gaza Strip are accounted for.
A mandatory repatriation of Gaza City has been ordered by the DFA as Israel prepares to launch a massive ground offensive in Gaza after an October 7 attack on Israeli villages by militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza.
“Merong 23 na Pilipino — itong huling batch — na umalis sa Gaza City, ayon sa ating embassy,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega said on TeleRadyo Serbisyo on Monday morning.
He said that not all Filipinos who fled Gaza City want to come home to the Philippines, with some saying they will look for somewhere else to stay in Gaza.
The Filipinos at the border will wait for an announcement of an international crossing into Egypt, where they will be met by Philippine government officials who will work to get them back to the Philippines.
