Two Filipino doctors were able to leave Gaza Strip and cross the Rafah border to Egypt, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday as Philippine authorities renewed their appeal to Tel Aviv and Cairo for the safe passage of Filipinos across the only border exit not controlled by Israel.
ESCAPE FROM GAZA: People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before entering Egypt on Nov. 1. Scores of foreign passport holders trapped in Gaza started leaving the war-torn Palestinian territory when the Rafah crossing to Egypt was opened up for the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
“There are 45 Filipinos arriving from Israel on Nov. 6, and that is good news,” De Vega said in an interview on ANC. On Wednesday, following an advisory that a limited number of evacuees may finally be permitted to exit Gaza via the Rafah border crossing, Manalo wrote to the foreign ministries of Israel and Egypt requesting that they issue the necessary permits for the safe passage of Filipinos.
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