Israel’s top diplomat in Manila would like to ask the Palestinian government if it would also file charges against Hamas for the crimes it has committed against the people in Israel. Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss’ question came after his Palestinian counterpart in the...
A hero. This is what Israel called a Filipina caregiver after reportedly she went out of her way to offer money to Hamas terrorists so they would spare her and her 95-year-old employer during the attack on Oct. 7. Filipina caregiver Camille (right) and her employer Nitza (Shalev Shalom via...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has joined the call of United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas as the number of civilian casualties continues to increase. "We join the call of the UN Secretary General, hopefully, for a...
"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...
President Marcos' economic team will reevaluate its growth targets after the "Undas" holiday break due to underspending in some government agencies and risks associated with the Hamas-Israel conflict. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said a special...
After conducting a series of interrogations of captured Hamas militants, the Israeli police and the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said the fighters who were involved in the attacks on Southern Israel on Oct. 7 were told to kidnap civilians in exchange for shelter and financial...
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...
OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa "Del Mar" Magsino (Facebook) A member of the House minority bloc is eager to answer Speaker Martin Romualdez's call for the chamber to address the plight of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Middle East as a result of the...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – The Cadiz City government in Negros Occidental on Monday, October 24, paid tribute to overseas Filipino worker Loreta Alacre who was killed in an attack by the militant group Hamas in Israel early this month. MAYOR Salvador Escalante Jr. (third from left) comforts a sibling...
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...
