11 August 2014 – The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv led by Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'Affaires Neal Imperial facilitated the evacuation and repatriation of 21 Filipinos and their dependents from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, August 7.

With the assistance of the United Nations Office of the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Israel and Palestinian authorities, the group left Gaza via the Erez border crossing and were brought to the King Hussein-Allenby border where representatives from the Philippine Embassy in Amman, Jordan received them for repatriation to the Philippines.

This was the third group of Filipino families to leave the territory in the last month due to the ongoing armed conflict. So far, a total of 33 Filipinos and their dependents have been evacuated from Gaza.

The DFA reiterates its call to all remaining Filipino nationals in Gaza to avail themselves of the repatriation offer of the Philippine government. Our Embassy in Tel Aviv remains ready to assist Filipinos in leaving the Gaza Strip. END