Alert level 4 itinaas ng Pilipinas sa Gaza

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Sapilitan na ang pagpapauwi sa mga Pilipino sa Gaza matapos itaas ng Pilipinas ang alert level 4 sa lugar dahil sa lumalalang sitwasyon doon. Panawagan naman ng International Committee of the Red Cross, payagan ang mga grupong nais maghatid ng suplay sa Gaza.   Magbabalita ang aming correspondent Xianne Arcangel.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 Foreign Affairs Department, to the Filipinos in Gaza who fled after Israel announced the

00:07 intensified offensive against the Hamas militant group.

00:11 The DFA has now increased the alert level for Gaza.

00:14 This means mandatory repatriation or forced return to the Filipinos there.

00:20 The total number of Filipinos living in Gaza is 131.

00:25 According to the DFA, 78 of them are staying near the Rafah border near Egypt.

00:32 But the Filipinos who fled have not yet obtained an embassy in Jordan because the border between

00:38 the two countries has not yet opened.

00:39 So in Gaza, we have put it now under alert level 4, meaning mandatory repatriation.

00:46 What does this mean?

00:48 Well, of course, it doesn't mean that we can go in and just get them out of Gaza.

00:53 Nobody can go in and out so far.

00:58 It means when mandatory, we are telling you, please leave and we'll help you leave.

01:05 But if you cannot leave, or I'm sorry, if you don't want to leave, then, well, you are

01:12 there at your own risk.

01:14 We are hoping that they'd be able to cross into the Egypt border through the Rafah crossing.

01:19 There are nearly 78 already who are at the crossing.

01:24 The only question is, how long will they wait until they'll be able to enter Egypt?

01:31 The important thing is, from the Egypt side, our embassy is ready to pick them up and repatriate

01:37 them.

01:38 The Filipinos living in Gaza have fled from the northern part where the center of the

01:44 conflict is expected to be.

01:45 It is estimated that 1,300 people have died since the offensive against Israel began.

01:53 According to the International Committee of the Red Cross or ICRC, supply of water and

01:59 electricity in Gaza is now limited because many critical infrastructures have been damaged.

02:04 The Red Cross is worried that the situation in Gaza will worsen in the coming days.

02:09 Should the fighting continue to increase?

02:11 Should there be fighting on the ground?

02:14 The impact for civilians is going to be devastating.

02:17 And while the past days have seen extremely difficult scenes on both sides of the conflict,

02:25 nothing can justify the utter destruction of Gaza and the impact on civilians.

02:31 The Red Cross is appealing to Israel and Hamas to allow them and other humanitarian groups

02:37 to enter Gaza.

02:38 For now, they are having a hard time sending any kind of help there.

02:44 We need support from outside to be able to do it, but we also need the agreement of different

02:49 governments and different actors to be able to access Gaza and to be able to provide this

02:53 assistance.

02:54 We are ready to do this.

02:56 CNR Kanghel, CNN Philippines.

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