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00:00 A Filipino was confirmed to be injured in the current tension in Israel.
00:05 According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, five Filipinos are being searched.
00:12 Bea Bernardo is in the center of the news. Yes, Bea.
00:16 The government is continuously monitoring the situation in Israel, which is facing a tension against Hamas.
00:23 According to the Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo Divega, the Philippines is currently being verified by the media.
00:34 According to their data, a Filipino was confirmed to be injured and is being taken to the hospital.
00:39 Five of our countrymen are being searched.
00:42 The DFA and OSW members in Israel are being asked to be informed because the information is coming from a slow pace here in the Philippines.
00:52 Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Elon Slos explained that the Israeli government is currently leading the way in controlling the situation
01:00 and identifying the victims and those who are missing.
01:04 Despite this, Slos promised the Foreign Affairs Department that the government will protect the Filipinos.
01:11 The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv also returned to operation despite the security situation there.
01:16 Our countrymen in Israel could call the embassy for the numbers on your screens.
01:22 More than 30 Filipinos are in Israel while more than one Filipino is in Gaza.
01:29 According to the DFA, the Philippines is preparing to evacuate its countrymen, but according to OWA Administrator Arnold Ignacio,
01:39 based on their experience, Filipinos are often asked to move to a safer place rather than to go back to the Philippines.
01:48 The agencies said they have contingency plans in case the tensions there become low or high.
01:54 The defense of Israel and Gaza is still under construction.
01:57 The Philippines has already taken the tension and violence there.
02:02 I'm Philly.
02:03 Okay, maraming salamat sa'yo Bea Bernardo.