2 Pilipinong doktor kasama sa mga nakatawid ng Rafah Crossing

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Umaasa ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas na madagdagan pa ang mga Pilipinong papayagang tumawid sa Rafah border crossing mula Gaza papuntang Egypt. Kasunod 'yan ng matagumpay na pagtawid ng dalawang Pilipinong doktor kasama ang daan-daang foreign nationals.   May ulat si Tristan Nodalo.  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 After waiting for several weeks,

00:02 the Rafah Border was allowed to cross

00:04 almost 400 foreign nationals

00:06 from Gaza to Egypt.

00:08 22 staff of the humanitarian organization

00:13 Doctors Without Borders were allowed to cross.

00:15 Two of them were Filipino doctors

00:18 who were introduced by Darwin de la Cruz

00:20 and Rejidor Esguerra.

00:21 It's good news that we've been able to get our two

00:24 Filipino colleagues out.

00:25 They were both medical coordinators

00:27 with our organization.

00:28 That's a very key role for us.

00:30 They're responsible for the way we implement

00:33 our essential life-saving medical care.

00:35 300 more staff of Doctors Without Borders

00:38 were left in Gaza.

00:39 And according to the group,

00:41 the volunteers who were crossing the war zone

00:43 were not joking.

00:45 They're doing okay.

00:45 It's been a very traumatic situation,

00:47 very tough for everybody within the team.

00:49 And continues to be, of course,

00:52 for all of our Palestinian colleagues.

00:53 I think that they're relieved to be able to get out,

00:58 but they're also very keen to go through the process

01:03 that we'll have waiting for them.

01:04 That's debriefings.

01:05 We're going to check on them physically,

01:07 make sure that they've got the support that they need,

01:09 and then essentially make sure that they can debrief.

01:12 From the Rafah border,

01:14 the two doctors headed to Arish,

01:16 a city in Egypt,

01:17 and then they'll be brought to Cairo

01:19 for their next mission or journey.

01:22 According to the DFA,

01:23 the organization is in charge of all the needs

01:26 of the two doctors.

01:27 They're not going home to the Philippines,

01:29 because that's how it is.

01:33 Doctors without borders,

01:35 they're moving around.

01:36 But they're in touch with their families.

01:39 They're in contact with their families.

01:40 The DFA explains that because thousands of foreign nationals

01:44 are going through the process of berification

01:45 who want to leave Gaza,

01:47 it's possible that they'll be allowed to enter

01:50 the Egyptian border by batch.

01:51 At present, only 115 Filipinos are waiting

01:54 to cross Egypt and go home to the Philippines.

01:57 Only 11 have yet to make a decision.

02:00 Before the Egyptians receive them at the border

02:06 for their visa processing,

02:10 they need permission from the Israeli authorities.

02:13 Approvals are being released little by little,

02:17 maybe 500 a day at most.

02:19 We're making the diplomatic representations.

02:22 My target today,

02:25 but if we can, as soon as possible,

02:28 maybe today, tomorrow, weekend, tomorrow evening.

02:31 Philippine Ambassador to Israel Junie Lailo

02:35 met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog

02:37 and expressed his hope that the Philippines

02:40 will allow our fellow Filipinos to cross Gaza.

02:44 It's just a call, a traditional call of an ambassador.

02:46 But of course, because this is happening,

02:48 we are going to mention the situation

02:52 for the welfare of our Filipino citizens in Gaza.

02:57 The DFA is also studying the possibility

03:00 of raising the alert level in Israel

03:02 to Alert Level 2.

03:04 This means that non-essential activities

03:06 and not sending new OFWs are prohibited.

03:10 Tristan Nudalo, CNN Philippines.

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