Manila, July 2 -- Seventy-four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Israel are set to return to the country this week as the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) assured continuous repatriation efforts despite the lowering of the alert level following a ceasefire in the region.

In a Bagong Pilipinas interview on Wednesday, OWWA Administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan said that while the Department of Foreign Affairs has downgraded the alert level in Israel to Alert Level 2, the government's monitoring and assistance remain in place for OFWs who wish to come home.

"Bukas may parating tayo na 21 galing Israel at sa Sabado may parating naman na 25, at may inaasahan pa rin tayong 28 na darating. I-update ko na rin, dumating din ang ...