There will only be a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza Strip only after Hamas is gone, and there are no more hostage-taking incidents, Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss told Manila Bulletin on Wednesday, Oct. 25, amid calls for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to stop its retaliatory...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte received Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss at the office of the Department of Education (DepEd), paying her respects to the victims in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, as well as thanking the Israeli government for its support...
The 136 Filipinos, who are awaiting repatriation, are all safe and accounted for despite the dwindling food and water supply in Gaza, Philippine Ambassador to Jordan Wilfredo Santos said on Tuesday, Oct, 24. Palestinians carrying foreign passports wait at the Rafah gate in the hopes of crossing...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss rejected the notion that his country is committing genocide in Gaza City, where a two-week war has erupted after Palestinian militant group Hamas stormed into Israel and killed at least 1,400 people. Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Sunday, Oct. 22, that crisis alert level 3, voluntary repatriation, has been raised in Lebanon amid the Israel-Hamas violence in the region. In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military, an Israeli soldier...
Filipinos in Gaza would have to wait for a while as the Gaza-Egypt border has yet to open amid the violence that erupted there between Hamas and Israel, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, Oct. 21. Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border crossing Egypt during...
Vice President Sara Duterte called on Filipinos not to take sides in the ongoing Middle East conflict that is gripping the world in shock, and, instead, urged them to seek peace and end the escalating violence. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks about the escalating Middle East conflict in a video...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be creating a new military command composed of experts in the Information Technology (IT) amid the series of cyberattacks that hit government agencies. AFP chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner, Jr. said the Cyber Security Command which he envisions will...
Quezon Memorial Circle lighted up in blue—the color of the Israeli flag—to manifest the Quezon City government's solidarity with Israel. (Photo from Israel in the Philippines Facebook page) The Embassy of Israel in the Philippines shared in a Facebook post a photo of the Quezon Memorial Circle...
The number of Filipinos who were killed in the war between Israel and Hamas militants is now four. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Thursday, Oct. 19, bared the news upon confirmation from the Israeli government. "I regret to inform the nation that we have received...
The Israeli government has advised nations to ​"be prepared​" for the possible opening of the Gazan border with Egypt, where many, especially foreign nationals, are staying for eventual exit from the Palestinian territory​, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said...
With many Filipinos also caught in the middle of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) remembered their resilience and strength in the aftermath of the Typhoon “Yolanda” tragedy. A plume of smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City during an Israeli air...
