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Pinoy 'taken away' then killed by Hamas militants: officials

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Palestinian man walks past the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Haitham Imad, EPA-EFE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tvpatrol/10/11/al-ramal-epa-efe_mohammed-saber.jpg"/><figcaption>Palestinian man walks past the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on Gaza City on October 9, 2023. <em>Haitham Imad, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><h3>AFP ready to implement evacuation of Pinoys in Israel</h3><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> — One Filipino was taken away and later killed by Hamas militants in Israel, officials of the Philippine government said on Wednesday. </p><p>Welfare Officer Dina Ponciano said the two Filipinos who died during the armed conflict were not taken hostage.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/11/23/two-filipinos-killed-in-israel-dfa">Two Filipinos killed in Israel: DFA</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Napatay sila habang umaatake ang mga terorista sa kanilang communities,&quot; Ponciano told Palace reporters in a briefing.</p><p>(They were killed when the terrorists attacked the communities.) </p><p>&quot;Yung isa ay pinatay pero hindi namin alam &#x27;yung circumstance. Pero isa siya doon sa mga natangay ng Hamas sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa ng mga terorista,&quot; labor attache Rodolfo Gabasan said.</p><p>Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said the Filipino who was seized may have been a fatality of Hamas ambushes south of Israel over the weekend. </p><p>&quot;Noong first day maraming namatay kasi either tinamaan ng rockets o pinagbabaril. &#x27;Yun ang most likely nangyari sa isa. Hindi siya kinuhang hostage,&quot; said De Vega. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/11/23/israel-retakes-gaza-border-area-as-wars-toll-mounts">Israel retakes Gaza border area as war&#x27;s toll mounts</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Out of respect to the wishes of the family, we are not going to give any details... namatay sila noong Saturday,&quot; he said. </p><p>One of the Filipinos killed was a 36-year-old female, Vice Consul Patricia Narajos said. She was from Pangasinan and was working in Israel for 6 years. Her husband is in the Philippines. </p><p>The other Pinoy fatality was a 42-year-old male from Pampanga. He was married. </p><p>As of Wednesday, two Filipinos are confirmed to have died, three remain missing, and one was injured, the Philippine Embassy in Israel said.</p><p>Authorities said they were also able to rescue 26 Pinoys. </p><div><strong>AFP says ready to assist in humanitarian mission </strong></div><p>During the same briefing, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar said they are prepared to evacute Filipinos in Israel &quot;should there be a need for that.&quot; </p><p>Aguilar said they were willing to help assist C-130 and C-295 as air transport. </p><p>“We have already identified Adana airport sa Turkey as a temporary safe haven. From there, we will be shuttling Filipinos who are affected by the conflict with the identification of the Ben Gurion airport, but all of these will only be executed based on the recommendation or the instruction coming from other government authorities,” said Aguilar. </p><p>There are some 30,000 Filipinos in Israel, and 137 others in the Gaza strip.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2838900" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div style="text-align:center"><em><strong>Video from PTV </strong></em></div>

One Filipino was taken away and then killed by Hamas militants in Israel, officials from the Philippine government said on Wednesday. 

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Pinoy 'taken away' then killed by Hamas militants: officials

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 11, 2023 02:30 PM PHT

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Updated October 11, 2023 09:22 PM PHT

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