UPDATE! ON FILIPINOS IN ISRAEL AS OF YESTERDAY OCTOBER 10,2023. 2100HRS.

𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥

As of 10 October 2023, 21:00

The Embassy confirms that one (1) more Filipino national has been accounted for: a female found in a safe area. 

This reduces the number of Filipinos whose locations are still pending to six (6) – two males and four females.

Coordinating with Israeli authorities and local contacts, the Embassy is exhausting all available means to ascertain the condition of these six (6) Filipinos.

Of the 29 Filipinos whose locations were initially unknown, 23 (1 male, 22 females) have now been found or rescued and brought to safe areas. Of these, one male remains in hospital being treated for moderate injuries sustained during the rescue operation.

The Embassy’s MWO-OWWA team is now on its second day of providing assistance to evacuated Filipinos in the hotels where they are housed, as well as checking hospitals for possible admitted nationals.

The Embassy is deeply grateful to the Israeli security forces who risk their lives to rescue our kababayans caught in the combat areas, as well as to the Israeli emergency services and Kibbutz authorities who included Filipino nationals in their evacuation operations.

As the situation is fluid and the Embassy continues to receive real-time reports from its team on the ground and Israeli authorities, the information above will be updated accordingly. 

The public is requested to rely only on official statements and advisories released by Philippine Government Agencies and to desist from spreading unverified information.