(UPDATE) THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday said that Israel has allowed all 136 Filipinos in Gaza to leave the Palestinian territory as fighting intensifies.

DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said that the first to leave on Sunday, November 5, were 20 Filipinos stranded in Gaza who exited via the Rafah border toward Egypt, where their travel documents will be processed before going to Manila.

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