JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel's Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Sunday announced that on June 1, almost all anti-COVID-19 restrictions in the country will be lifted. The minister explained in a statement that the decision was taken "due to the low and stable morbidity in Israel that has been going...
The Philippine government on Friday welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached by Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas after nearly two weeks of bloody exchanges of rockets and airstrikes that left 232 Palestinians and 12 Israelis dead. People celebrate in the streets following a ceasefire...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, came into force early Friday after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets. 
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The Philippine government on Thursday placed Gaza under Alert Level 2 as it prepares to evacuate Filipinos who wish to return home due to the escalating conflict between the Israelis and the Hamas militants. The alert level situation in Israel and Gaza Strip issued by the Philippines (Facebook/DFA)...
The government is amenable to the move of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to temporarily suspend the deployment of Filipino workers to Israel as the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians intensified. OWWA personnel inspect travel documents of passengers arriving at the Ninoy...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has "suspended the departure" of the 400 caregivers who were supposed to be deployed to Israel this month. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) "It will just be about a few days of delay. We just want to be sure they will...
Disabled Palestinian Eyad Saleha, 33, was waiting for lunch Wednesday when a missile fell on his family home in Gaza, killing him, his pregnant wife and their three-year-old daughter, his brother and authorities said. A brother weeps in front of the corpses at the morgue, where Eyad Saleha, a...
US President Joe Biden told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he expects a "significant" reduction Wednesday in the military confrontation with Palestinians, the White House said. U.S. President Joe Biden Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP "The...
Inside a Gaza hospital, Mohammad al-Hadidi cradled his baby boy Omar -- his only surviving child after Israeli air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. A nurse holds five-month-old Omar al-Hadidi who was pulled alive from under the rubble of a home hit by an Israeli air strike...
Some 400 Filipino caregivers will be deployed to Israel before the end of the month despite the ongoing conflict there. POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia answers questions from the media during the May 19, 2021 virtual press briefing. (Screengrab from Facebook live) Philippine Overseas Employment...
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking immediate access into Gaza to provide aid to children bearing the effects of escalating clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. A man mourns over the bodies of three children from the Al-Tanani family and a fourth child, killed in...
Gazini Ganados, the Filipino-Palestinian beauty queen, who represented the Philippines at the 2019 Miss Universe pageant, recently shared with fans clips from a video call with her father who is currently in Gaza. "My Papa showing me what 7 pm looks like in Gaza... Look at him smiling at the view...
