00:00 Yes, I regret to inform you, you are aware that as of yesterday, there were two confirmed
00:17 Filipino fatalities.
00:20 I think the media, in fact it's already in the front page, knows the identities, but
00:23 I will still not divulge the names because it's already known.
00:28 One man and one woman, it's known.
00:31 And four missing, including one for confirmation.
00:35 I regret to inform you that yes, it is confirmed, there is a third Filipino casualty.
00:41 A 49-year-old woman from Negros Occidental, her family is aware, the President is aware.
00:49 And the Philippine government of course is working with a family, the embassy in Israel
00:59 is in touch with the sisters who are in Kuwait actually for the repatriation of the remains.
01:08 So that leaves, according to the embassy, three casualties and three missing Filipinos
01:16 still.
01:17 However, it doesn't mean that there's no hope because as we said before, there were a lot
01:24 more missing a week ago, and then paunti ng paunti.
01:27 So possibly these three will still show up, we hope.
01:32 And now we join the nation in extending our deepest sympathies to the relatives of the
01:40 latest casualty who was also a caregiver.
01:44 May I now go on the President's instructions for us because we met with the President yesterday.
01:52 He said that the immediate concern is repatriation.
01:56 But nobody right now can get in or out of Gaza, so repatriation of course is not yet
02:03 possible at this time unless the humanitarian corridors are made open.
02:10 So this is a diplomatic initiative, we're in touch with the governments in the region,
02:15 and of course the United Nations will hold a hearing, sorry, a session today, the United
02:19 Nations Security Council, and we expect them to call for a humanitarian corridor to allow
02:28 civilians to leave.
02:29 Thank you.
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