According to PH embassy verifying reported 3rd Filipino fatality in Israel; 3 missing | Global News (inquirer.net), three more Filipinos are still missing in the continuing confrontation between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, according to the Philippine Embassy in Israel, which announced on October 11 that it is investigating the reported murder of another Filipino.
Vice Consul Patricia Narajos of the Philippine Embassy in Israel stated at a news conference at Malacañang that the embassy is currently verifying the death of a third Filipino.
According to Narajos, as of this morning, out of the thirty-two people who had been reported missing to the embassy, two had been verified dead and one was presumed dead but needed DNA confirmation.
She said that 26 people have been rescued so far, and there are still three missing.
Two Filipino deaths in Israel were previously acknowledged by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
A 33-year-old Pangasinan woman who had worked as a caregiver in Israel for six years was one of the verified deaths, the embassy said.
According to PH embassy verifying reported 3rd Filipino fatality in Israel; 3 missing | Global News (inquirer.net), a 42-year-old Pampanga man was the second person to pass away.
According to the embassy, the two Filipinos lost their lives on Saturday as a result of Hamas' strike in Southern Israel.
