Filipino workers in Israel have reportedly been held captive by Islamist group Hamas following the group’s unprecedented offensive that led to more than 250 people killed and thousands displaced, according to the Associated Press, citing Israeli TV.
The Hamas attack on Oct. 7 is an escalation of years of conflict between Israeli and Palestinian forces, with Israeli settler violence recently displacing hundreds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2022 and tensions flaring around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site.“The Philippines condemns the attacks, especially against civilian populations,” the Office of the President said in a statement.
In an interview with One News, Filipino community in Israel leader Marc Pleños yesterday said that Hamas captured a Filipino caregiver in Kibbutz Be’eri. There are around 35,000 Filipinos in Israel, most of them residing in apartments with bomb shelters, according to recruitment consultant Manny Geslani.
In a report, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” last Saturday at 6:30 a.m., with more than 5,000 rockets reportedly fired toward Israel from multiple locations in Gaza.At noon, Israeli troops launched operation “Iron Sword,” with strikes on Gaza by air, land and sea, the relief agency reported.
Rep. Eddie Villanueva condemned the “unprovoked attack on Israel,” and called on the government to issue a statement over the “inhumane and barbaric act of violence against Israel.”“We continue taking care of them . They are part of the Israeli society and we are looking at them as any other Israeli citizen,” he said during yesterday’s online briefing.
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