Marcos: Trapped Filipinos at Gaza border out by Saturday
MANILA, Philippines: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said that Filipinos who are still trapped in Gaza would be out within the day or by Saturday.
Speaking to reporters in Malacañang, Marcos said that it was out of the government's hands but Israeli President Isaac Herzog promised that Filipinos could cross the Rafah border by Saturday.'I know many people are worried about our Filipinos in Gaza, in Israel in the middle of the war. It is, unfortunately, completely out of our hands. We have no control over this,' Marcos said during a press conference.
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