The Department of Foreign Affairs says the Philippine government is 'using diplomacy' to help Filipinos and their local spouses and children exit Gaza, which is under a blockade. At least 70 people are seeking repatriation.
, a Palestinian territory controlled by the militant Hamas, under Alert Level 3 on Thursday, October 12.
While Manila has told its nationals in Gaza to consider coming home, actually getting them home is a different matter. The Armed Forces of the Philippines has a plan in place to repatriate Filipinos nationals, their children, and their Palestinian spouses once they get the go signal from the government.
In its October 11 report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, “Heavy Israeli bombardments from the air, sea, and land have continued almost uninterrupted across the Gaza Strip, demolishing entire sections of neighborhoods. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza continued their indiscriminate rocket firing towards Israeli population centers.”
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