The Philippines has raised Alert Level 4 in Gaza City, meaning evacuation for Filipinos there is now mandatory, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday.
The Philippines has raised Alert Level 4 in Gaza City, meaning evacuation for Filipinos there is now mandatory, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday. With this, the DFA called for Filipinos to leave Gaza and vowed to assist them in crossing Egypt. There are 131 Filipinos in Gaza.
Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on October 7, firing rockets and deploying gunmen to several towns, prompting the Israeli government to declare a state of war. Israel then launched retaliatory strikes on Gaza, with the death toll on both sides having exceeded a thousand and still continuing to rise. Alert Level 4 is raised when there is a large-scale internal conflict or full-blown external attack.
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