The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is hopeful that the Rafah crossing, the border between Gaza Strip and Egypt, would open this weekend to allow Filipinos, who are caught in the Israel-Hamas strife to cross and seek refuge. Palestinians carrying foreign passports wait at the Rafah gate...
The Philippine Embassy in Jordan said that 49 Filipinos remained unreachable at the Gaza Strip, while the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed that six Filipinos have returned to Gaza City from the south. Bombing in Gaza (Photo from AFP) Ambassador Wilfredo Santos said on Monday night,...
The Philippine government did not expect that Israel’s war on Hamas would take this long as the situation of Filipinos still trapped in Gaza now becomes difficult. Over a week ago, the dozens of Filipinos in the Palestinian territory who sought repatriation were expected to be able to cross into...
Three Filipinos are still in strife-torn Gaza City, the center of the hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, while the fourth batch of repatriates from Israel is expected to arrive by the end of October, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Oct. 26....
"We are not occupying Gaza." Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss made it clear on Wednesday, Oct. 25, that Israel is not taking away Gaza from the Palestinian people despite military actions it is taking against Hamas, including a possible ground invasion of the northern part of the...
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...
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...
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...
Filipinos who will cross into Egypt from Gaza are assured of smooth entry into the country once the border opens, a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said Saturday, Oct. 20. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said Egyptian Ambassador to the Philippines Ahmed Shehabeldin already...
Palestine's top diplomat in Manila has lamented some of the world leaders' support for Israel's right to self-defense, which he said consequently "authorized" the acts of "genocide" against the Palestinian people. For Palestinian Ambassador Saleh Mohammad, what Israel is doing is no longer its...
The much-anticipated border opening of Gaza with Egypt might happen anytime soon, prompting the Philippine government to prepare to fetch the dozens of Filipinos seeking to flee from the Israel-Hamas war. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega on Thursday, Oct. 19,...
