The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday that Egyptian authorities will give priority and assistance to Filipinos crossing from Gaza into Egypt as soon as the border reopens.
People react as Palestinian civil defence members and others search for survivors after an Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8.
"Pero hindi natin inaasahan, we don't expect na aabot sa 100 ang tatawid talaga dahil 'yung nakita lang sa crossing nu'ng umpisa, 78. Hanggang 80 lang ang interested," De Vega said during an interview on Dobol B TV "Inaasahan natin na matapos na 'yung mga negotiations. May construction pa raw ng kalsada na kailangan pang tapusin agad eh. So wala pa. Pero at any moment's notice, puwede na silang tumawid kung sakaling magbukas," he said.
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