President Marcos has ordered relevant government agencies to prepare for the reintegration of the Filipinos who will be repatriated from Israel, mainly by providing them with livelihood assistance.

Marcos said this during his sectoral meeting with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and other relevant government agencies to discuss updates on the war between Israel and the militant group Hamas that killed three Filipinos as of Oct. 13.

In a press briefing in Malacañan, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega said President Marcos also wanted the repatriated Filipinos to receive financial assistance from the government.

"The President also directed relevant agencies to prepare for, of course, the reintegration of the Filipinos when they come home, which is a standard every time we repatriate Filipinos," he said.

"Of course, that includes the receipt of ayuda, financial assistance," he added.

Among the assistance that could be given to the repatriates is an action fund from the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) through its partnership with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will also extend Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) on top of education assistance to the children of OFWs.

According to De Vega, the Philippine embassy in Cairo will send a team to the Gaza border to facilitate the repatriation of Filipinos once a humanitarian corridor is declared with the help of the United Nations.

"We are providing them funding to be able to rent transportation to bring them from the border to Cairo and to fly them to the Philippines, itong (the) 92," he said.

He added that the country's embassy in Amman, Jordan, is also in touch with the Filipinos in Gaza.

Meanwhile, President Marcos directed the DFA to contact countries and also through the embassies in Manila to provide critical assistance in looking for Filipinos who remain unaccounted for and to help them get out of Gaza.

De Vega said there are about 131 Filipinos in Gaza. Some are Filipino women married to Palestinians living with their children and even grandchildren, practically of Arab ethnicity.