Not all Filipinos who fled Gaza City want to return to the Philippines, with some saying they will look for somewhere else to stay in Gaza.
MANILA — All Filipinos in Gaza City have left the area, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday, adding all 131 Filipinos in the Gaza Strip are accounted for.
"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. [Video/IVS from Tele 6:32 a.m. from "Lumikas lahat ng Pilipino doon..." to 6:33 "...somewhere in southern Gaza."De Vega added that of the 131 Filipinos in Gaza, only around half are from the Philippines. The rest are their children with their Palestinian spouses.
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.
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