Philippine Ambassador to Israel Pedro Laylo Jr. confirms two Filipinos are among those killed in the surprise attack by Islamic terror group Hamas in Israel.
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00:00 Philippine Ambassador to Israel Pedro Lailo Jr. confirms two Filipinos are among those
00:05 killed in the surprise attack by Hamas in Israel.
00:08 One was killed when Hamas militants knocked on the door where the Filipino lived and opened
00:12 fire, while the circumstances of the death of the other Filipino who was captured by
00:16 Hamas remains unclear.
00:18 Lailo says he personally spoke to the wife of one of the two dead Filipinos, saying it
00:23 was the most difficult phone call in his career.
00:26 The embassy declines to identify the two dead, citing the request of their families.
00:30 One was a 42-year-old man from Pampanga, while the other was a 33-year-old who comes from
00:35 Pangasinan who had worked for six years in Israel.
00:38 Lailo says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to speak to the wife of the Filipino
00:42 man who died.
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