The first batch of 20 Filipinos will leave Gaza on November 5, after which another 30 will be allowed to leave. However, only 23 Filipinos have decided to go after the initial batch.
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According to Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega, Israel has permitted all 134 Filipinos in Gaza to leave in batches. But while that permission extends to their Filipino-Palestinian children, it does not extend to their Palestinian spouses, forcing upon Filipinos the painful decision of whether or not to leave and split their families apart.
The first batch of 20 Filipinos will leave Gaza on Sunday, after which another 30 will be allowed to leave. However, de Vega said that only 23 Filipinos have decided to go after the initial batch, meaning that the other slots allotted for the Philippines may be given to citizens from other countries who also wish to leave.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, November 3, that Israel “promised” that Filipinos in Gaza would be allowed to leave by “Saturday at the latest,” with buses ready to ferry them to the Philippine Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
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