Jimmy Pacheco home for Christmas

MANILA, Philippines: Filipino caregiver in Israel Gelienor «Jimmy» Pacheco, one of the captives of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, arrived home Monday, December 18, 2023.

His plane touched down at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 at 11:02 a.m.

Pacheco was welcomed by his family and officials of the Department of Migrant Workers and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

Pacheco was freed on November 24 and was given a temporary passport by the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv to allow him to travel back to the Philippines.