Israeli armored vehicles move on a street during a military operation in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local...
The slogan "All Eyes on Rafah" is trending on social media following the deadly blast that occurred in one of the remaining cities declared as safe zones in Gaza amid the prolonged Israel-Hamas war. At least 45 people, mostly women and children, were reportedly killed in the incident that...
MEETING WITH THE POPE – Pope Francis meets with relatives of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas, at the Vatican, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Vatican Media via AP) VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met Monday with relatives of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, marking the six-month...
​Israel is willing to cooperate with the talks that could possibly lead to a truce in its war with Hamas "as long as the Israeli security is protected," its top diplomat in Manila said Wednesday, Jan. 31. Although Israel is now more open to negotiations compared to the early days of the war,...
The United States and Canada have suspended their respective funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) amid allegations that a dozen of the agency's staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Top diplomats of both...
The mother of a Filipino Israeli Defense Force soldier mourned his death in the war between Israel and Hamas. GARIN (Imelda Garin FB) Sergeant First Class (Reserves) Cydrick Garin was killed in a massive explosion perpetrated by Hamas militants in Gaza on Monday, January 22. Garin’s mother,...
​A reservist of Filipino descent serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was killed in a massive explosion perpetrated by Hamas militants in Israel, the Israeli Embassy in Manila said Wednesday, Jan. 24. Sergeant First Class (Reserves) Cydrick Garin was one of the 21 ID soldiers who died...
ILOILO CITY – Catholics in Iloilo and Guimaras were urged to find peace in their hearts and express solidarity with the children of Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war this Christmas. ARCHBISHOP Jose Romeo Lazo (center) leads the Christmas Day Mass at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo City....
The Israeli Embassy in the Philippines on Friday, Dec. 22, held a jeepney parade around Manila to call for the immediate release of individuals still in captivity by the Hamas militants. Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss said the embassy is using jeepneys "as canvasses to convey a powerful...
UN chief Antonio Guterres has raised to the UN Security Council the worsening situation in Gaza, invoking for the first time the Article 99 of the UN Charter as he believed that the developments in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war are already threatening international peace. Guterres early Thursday...
Jimmy Pacheco, one of the two Filipinos freed by Hamas, said it was in Gaza where he learned to save money because every cent counts in the war-torn Palestinian territory. That was the lesson he wanted to impart to his fellow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as he looked back on the past 49 days he...
​The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed gratitude to the governments of Qatar, Israel and Egypt for their efforts that led to the release of another Filipino who remained unaccounted for after Hamas' attack over a month ago. DFA thanked the State of Qatar for mediating in the...
