Manila, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed its condolences to the family of Lucille Jean Gersovich – the Filipina who was killed in Israel on April 5, amid the war in the Middle East.
According to the DFA, the remains of the Filipina are set to arrive in the country on Thursday night.
The 29-year-old Filipina died along with her Israeli national husband, and in-laws in the Western part of Israel, specifically in Haifa, after a missile hit their building on April 5.
According to a previous report by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), a Tel Aviv missile interceptor failed to intercept a missile fired by Iran, which hit the building where the Filipina’s family was staying.
The remains of the family were recovered from the rubble along the staircase of the building.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro has ordered the provision of necessary assistance to Lucille’s bereaved family, including the repatriation of the remains to the province of Lanao del Norte, along with heartfelt condolences to the victim’s family.
With the coordination of the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv, and the Consular Office of Clarin, Misamis Occidental, the evacuation of the remains of the deceased Filipina from their province in Lanao del Norte will be facilitated.
Lucille is the second Filipino casualty in Israel, following the attacks by Washington and Tel Aviv on the Palestinian States in the Middle East that began in February.
Meanwhile, yesterday, the remains of about twenty Filipinos who came from the Middle East arrived in the country.
Kuwait Airways carried the 20 remains of Filipinos, who according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) are not related to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.—Alvin Pelobello, Eurotv News