TWO Filipinos have been killed as the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas rages on, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said.
Manalo confirmed this development in a social media post Wednesday.
“The Philippines condemns the killing of two Filipino nationals and all other acts of terrorism and violence as a result of Hamas actions against Israel,” he said.
Manalo said the Philippine government is committed to cooperate with other nations for the “long-lasting resolution to the conflict, in accordance with pertinent UN Security Council Resolutions and the general principles of international law.”
The official also assured Filipino nationals currently caught in the rising conflict that the national government would provide them all necessary assistance.
It is not immediately clear if the two fatalities were among the 6 Israel-based Filipinos the DFA has been trying to look for in the past days.
Manalo did not give further details about the two Filipino fatalities, but said that the DFA would “continue to provide all possible assistance to distressed Filipinos nationals in Israel and Palestine.”
