The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Philippines has expressed concern over developments in the Middle East as Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel amid the latter’s ongoing war with Hamas militants in Gaza. The DFA on Monday also u...

The truce between Israel and Hamas entered its final 24 hours Monday, with the militant group saying it was willing to extend the pause after it freed more hostages, including a 4-year-old orphaned by its attack. The pause that began Friday has seen dozens of hostages freed, with over 100 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel […]
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday condemned far-right protesters and Hamas sympathisers, as hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters marched through London calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza. Nearly 2,000 police were out in force to keep rival groups apart, with the march organised on Armistice Day, the annual event when […]
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Heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas trapped thousands of people in Gaza’s hospitals on Sunday, with medics and aid workers warning patients will die in the crippled facilities unless there is a pause in the battle. Bright flares lit up the night sky over Gaza City and blasts echoed across the city, AFP television […]
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Tetiana Kocheva fled her home in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv after Russia invaded last year, taking refuge in Israel’s coastal town of Ashkelon, near Gaza. Her husband had worked in Israel in the past, and she thought taking their three children there — away from Russian attacks — would guarantee living in peace. But […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ruled out a role for the current Palestinian Authority government in Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over. “There will have to be something else there,” he said, when asked whether the Palestinian Authority (PA), which has partial administrative control in the occupied West Bank, […]
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Palestinians seeking refuge at Gaza’s largest hospital and staff said they were trapped in increasingly horrific conditions Saturday, with two premature infants dying due to lack of electricity as heavy fighting raged nearby. The gun battles and intense bombardment around the Al-Shifa hospital came as Israel pressed deep into Gaza City in its offensive aimed […]
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Several thousand people demonstrated in Paris on Saturday under the rallying cry “Stop the massacre in Gaza”. The left-wing organisers called for France to “demand an immediate ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas militants. “I came to support the Palestinian cause, for a ceasefire in Gaza,” said engineer Ahlem Triki, a Palestinian flag over her shoulders. […]
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As Hamas suspends evacuation The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday said the evacuation of some 20 Filipinos from strife-torn Gaza will be delayed following spate of attacks along the route to the Egyptian border. The announcement from the DFA came as the Hamas government in Gaza suspended the evacuation of foreign passport holders […]
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