NEW YORK – “Gaza’s one million children are reeling from the mounting consequences of violent conflict with nowhere safe to turn. Lives have been lost, and families shattered. “In Gaza, at least 60 children have been killed and another 444 have been injured in less than 10 days. Nearly...
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...
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...
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...
Heavy air strikes and rocket fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict claimed more lives on both sides Tuesday as tensions flared in Palestinian "day of anger" protests in Jerusalem and the West Bank. The father of 12-year-old Rahaf al-Dayer holds her covered body at al-Shifa hospital, after she was killed...
The UN Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting Tuesday amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming hostilities between Israel and armed Palestinian groups that have left over 200 dead. Explosions light-up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces shell the...
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said US President Joe Biden had "bloody hands" because of his support of Israel in the raging conflict in the Gaza Strip. The Turkish president's comments in a nationally televised address represented one of his strongest attacks on Biden since his arrival in...
The Palestinian enclave of Gaza's only COVID-19 laboratory is no longer able to carry out testing due to an Israeli air strike Monday on the clinic housing it, local authorities said. Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 17, 2021. SAID KHATIB / AFP...
Despite the escalating situation in Israel, the Philippine government is maintaining the same alert level where Filipinos are advised to take precautions, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) In a statement, the DFA said they have not received a...
Israeli air strikes hammered the Gaza Strip Monday, after a week of violence between the Jewish state and Palestinian militants left more than 200 people dead as international calls for de-escalation went unheeded. This picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot shows rockets fired from...
Filipinos staying in areas affected by the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas militants have been evacuated, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said on Sunday, May 16. Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes target the Palestinian enclave,...
