Body of OFW killed in Israel-Hamas war arrives in PH

The body of an overseas Filipino worker who died amid the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas arrived in the Philippines on Saturday, Sam Nielsen reported on Super Radyo dzBB.

OFW na namatay sa Israel, maiuuwi na sa kanyang lalawigan bukas ng hapon. | via @dzbbsamnielsen pic.twitter.com/CE3djZWHYi

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) October 21, 2023

The report did not disclose the name of the 49-year-old OFW, whose remains arrived from Israel before 4 p.m.

''The female was one of four OFWs confirmed killed at the onset of the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. She refused to leave her patient, an elderly Israeli citizen, when Hamas fighters rampaged through their kibbutz and peppered their shelter with ammunition fire,'' the Department of Migrant Workers said in a statement.

Her remains will be flown from Manila to her home province of Negros Occidental on Sunday. —VBL, GMA Integrated News