Taguig city: The family of Mary Ann de Vera, the Filipino caregiver who died following Iran's retaliation, will receive support from the Israeli government. Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Dana Kursh made the assurance during a press engagement in Taguig City on Tuesday.

According to Philippines News Agency, Kursh stated that under Israeli law, any person hurt by either war or a terrorist attack, whether an Israeli or a foreigner, would be provided with an assistance package. In the case of death, the surviving kin will receive livelihood support. "Mary Ann will be provided this benefit as well. It will not bring back Mary Ann, it will not take away the pain from the family, from the husband and the rest of the family, but it will try to ease at least a bit the day-to-day handlings," she said.

Kursh further mentioned that Israel is also willing to provide necessary assistance for the repatriation of De Vera's remains once Israel's airspace fully reopens. De Vera was accompanying her elderly ward to a shelter in Tel Aviv when she was hit by shrapnel from a retaliatory Iranian missile strike. This strike followed a joint military operation by the US and Israel on Tehran on Saturday.

De Vera's tragic death marks her as the fifth Filipino national to be killed in Israel since October 2023, when the Jewish state was attacked by Hamas terrorists.