Israeli Ambassador speaks at 'Coming Together: An Afternoon of unity, Prayer, and Solidarity with Israel'

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Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss speaks to members of the press at the "Coming Together: An Afternoon of Unity, Prayer, and Solidarity with Israel" event at the Raffles Hotel in Makati City on Thursday, Oct. 26 . (MB Video by Khriscielle Yalao)  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 The Israeli government has already confirmed that our Tunisian colleagues are among the

00:07 hostages.

00:08 So, I think there are channels of communication between the Israeli government and the Philippine

00:17 government regarding the status of the Filipinos, including those four casualties, and regarding

00:25 the two missing Filipinos.

00:28 I think the best is to get, since there are also issues of families, responsible communication

00:37 lines, so it is the Philippine government, the Philippine update, and what is the situation

00:43 regarding the two missing Filipinos.

00:46 I have to say that for me the important thing now is also the kind of solidarity events

00:54 that we are seeing now here, and I do call upon you to listen to some of the messages

01:00 which are coming out of this event, in this time of crisis.

01:04 But just to clarify, Ambassador, so we cannot still say for sure that they are the hostages,

01:10 the missing Filipinos?

01:11 I give the official statement and updates to the Philippine government, which should

01:18 update regarding the situation of the two Philippines that are still missing.

01:25 Ambassador, how is the coordination between you and the Philippine government?

01:29 There is formal channels of communication between our two governments.

01:32 We have, as you know, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the headquarters are in Jerusalem,

01:37 and they are coordinating with your embassy in Tel Aviv, and we are coordinating here

01:42 with the PFA and with the Department of Migrant Workers.

01:45 My consul is visiting today in the Negros to visit the family, and we are, as I said

01:54 also before, we care about all victims of the terror attack, not only Israelis, including

02:03 Filipinos, and the community before that have been murdered by Hamas are recognized by Israel

02:10 as people who have been murdered by terror organization.

02:15 The families are joining the Israeli family of victims of terror, and the family will

02:20 continue to receive support from the Israeli government.

02:23 Thank you.

02:24 Thank you.

02:25 Thank you.

02:26 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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