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MANILA, Philippines — Only 36 of the 40 Filipino evacuees from Gaza who crossed the Rafah border into Egypt on Nov. 7 will be flown to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — A Chinese woman who was reportedly kidnapped by her compatriots in Pasay City on Monday escaped from her captors in Biñan City, Laguna yesterday.
GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed the lack of safety guarantees for bringing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying it was near impossible to get medical supplies to hospitals.
GENEVA, Switzerland — A group of UN-mandated human rights experts, including the special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, said Thursday "time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza", which Israel called Hamas "propaganda".
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Hamas released Monday a video showing three of the more than 230 people Israel says were seized by Palestinian militants in massive October 7 raids that triggered an all-out war in Gaza.
THE government is exerting efforts «to locate» the two missing Filipinos in Israel whom the government assumed to be among those kidnapped by Hamas militants in early October, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said.