(UPDATE) HOPES to repatriate 137 Filipinos in the Gaza Strip before a massive Israeli assault hinge on the opening of a border crossing to Egypt, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.

The DFA said in a statement it is "hopeful for a solution to be reached soonest in order for the Rafah crossing to start receiving foreign nationals so that our kababayans (countrymen) in Gaza will be allowed to cross into Egypt."

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