This picture taken from the West Bank city of Hebron shows projectiles above the Israeli city of Ashdod on Oct. 1, 2024. Hazem Bader, AFP

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<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/17278539750911727806257878AFP__20241001__36HU9RL__v4__Preview__PalestinianIsraelIranLebanonConflict.jpg" style="width: 900px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">This picture taken from the West Bank city of Hebron shows projectiles above the Israeli city of Ashdod on Oct. 1, 2024. Hazem Bader, AFP&nbsp;&nbsp;MANILA &mdash; No Filipinos were hurt after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel this week, the Department of Migrant Workers said on Wednesday.&nbsp; Iranian state media reported 200 missiles had been fired, including hypersonic weapons for the first time, in response to Israel&#39;s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran bombing widely blamed on Israel.&nbsp; &ldquo;Sa Israel wala po tayong problema dahil may tinatawag tayong mga bomb shelters,&rdquo; DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said in a Palace press briefing. &ldquo;Pati sa Lebanon wala ni isang Pilipino na nasaktan,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp; <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/1/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-in-new-escalation-209">Israel vows response as Iran fires missile barrage</a> The Israeli military said early Tuesday that troops had started &quot;targeted ground raids&quot; in south Lebanon, across Israel&#39;s northern border. The DMW has halted the deployment of Filipino workers to Lebanon, which was placed under Alert Level 3 as Israel continued to purge Hezbollah forces. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/28/netanyahu-tells-un-israel-seeks-peace-but-enough-is-enough-1555">Netanyahu tells UN: Israel seeks peace but &#39;enough is enough&#39;</a> SITUATION IN LEBANON&nbsp; The Philippine government is mounting a chartered flight to repatriate some 300 Filipinos from Lebanon.&nbsp; There are 111 Filipinos staying in shelters in Lebanon, 63 others were moved from conflict areas to a hotel, while another 110 are waiting for their exit permits to be processed, Olalia said.&nbsp; &ldquo;The challenge is to secure the landing rights of our chartered flights&hellip; The other challenge is the exit permits of some of our workers. We have undocumented OFWs who need to secure travel documents,&rdquo; the official said. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/28/israel-killing-of-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah-sparks-condemnation-751">Israel killing of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah sparks condemnation</a> &ldquo;Some of our OFWs na nasa employer pa minsan ayaw payagan, kinuha ang passport or tinago ang passport or iniwan sa bahay at umalis ang employer,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Whether payagan sila or hindi, ang sabi namin sa kanila, &lsquo;Importante ang sarili ninyong kapakanan. Sumama na kayo sa amin, kami na ang bahala makipag usap sa employer,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;Magpaalam man sila o hindi ang importante makuha namin sila,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp; <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/14/world-urges-restraint-after-unprecedented-iran-attack-on-israel-013">World urges restraint after unprecedented Iran attack on Israel</a> Olalia noted that the chartered flight costs P25 million. &ldquo;The original flight that will accommodate 15 OFWs sana was on September 25 but that did not push through because the flight was canceled,&rdquo; the DMW official said. &ldquo;We took the liberty of chartering a flight. Kapag nabigyan tayo ng landing rights, we will land,&rdquo; he said. The Philippine government also prepared a land route in case Lebanese authorities would not grant a landing clearance, Olalia said. &ldquo;May mga kausap na din kaming mga maritime vessels hindi lang natin puwede i-disclose kung sino yun but we already have our options,&rdquo; he said. Filipinos from Lebanon who will return to the Philippines would receive P150,000 each to help them start anew, said Falconi Millar, head of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration&rsquo;s Repatriations and Assistance Division. Meanwhile, only returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with existing contracts will be allowed to return to Israel as the country is still under Alert Level 2, Olalia said. Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes on Israeli troops a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas staged its unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, which triggered Israel&#39;s devastating assault on Gaza. The escalating violence in Lebanon has killed more than 1,000 people since September 17, Health Minister Firass Abiad said. There are about 11,000 Filipinos in Lebanon, and another 30,000 in Israel, according to data from the Department of Foreign Affairs.<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VF1rYyAtKmo?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> &mdash; With a report from Agence France-Presse&nbsp;

Iranian state media reported 200 missiles had been fired, including hypersonic weapons for the first time, in response to Israel&#39;s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran bombing widely blamed on Israel.&nbsp; &ldquo;Sa Israel wala po tayong problema dahil may tinatawag tayong mga bomb shelters,&rdquo; DMW Undersecretary Bernard Olalia said in a Palace press briefing. &ldquo;Pati sa Lebanon wala ni isang Pilipino na nasaktan,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp; <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/1/iran-fires-missiles-at-israel-in-new-escalation-209">Israel vows response as Iran fires missile barrage</a> The Israeli military said early Tuesday that troops had started &quot;targeted ground raids&quot; in south Lebanon, across Israel&#39;s northern border. The DMW has halted the deployment of Filipino workers to Lebanon, which was placed under Alert Level 3 as Israel continued to purge Hezbollah forces. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/28/netanyahu-tells-un-israel-seeks-peace-but-enough-is-enough-1555">Netanyahu tells UN: Israel seeks peace but &#39;enough is enough&#39;</a> SITUATION IN LEBANON&nbsp; The Philippine government is mounting a chartered flight to repatriate some 300 Filipinos from Lebanon.&nbsp; There are 111 Filipinos staying in shelters in Lebanon, 63 others were moved from conflict areas to a hotel, while another 110 are waiting for their exit permits to be processed, Olalia said.&nbsp; &ldquo;The challenge is to secure the landing rights of our chartered flights&hellip; The other challenge is the exit permits of some of our workers. We have undocumented OFWs who need to secure travel documents,&rdquo; the official said. <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/9/28/israel-killing-of-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah-sparks-condemnation-751">Israel killing of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah sparks condemnation</a> &ldquo;Some of our OFWs na nasa employer pa minsan ayaw payagan, kinuha ang passport or tinago ang passport or iniwan sa bahay at umalis ang employer,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Whether payagan sila or hindi, ang sabi namin sa kanila, &lsquo;Importante ang sarili ninyong kapakanan. Sumama na kayo sa amin, kami na ang bahala makipag usap sa employer,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;Magpaalam man sila o hindi ang importante makuha namin sila,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp; <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/14/world-urges-restraint-after-unprecedented-iran-attack-on-israel-013">World urges restraint after unprecedented Iran attack on Israel</a> Olalia noted that the chartered flight costs P25 million. &ldquo;The original flight that will accommodate 15 OFWs sana was on September 25 but that did not push through because the flight was canceled,&rdquo; the DMW official said. &ldquo;We took the liberty of chartering a flight. Kapag nabigyan tayo ng landing rights, we will land,&rdquo; he said. The Philippine government also prepared a land route in case Lebanese authorities would not grant a landing clearance, Olalia said. &ldquo;May mga kausap na din kaming mga maritime vessels hindi lang natin puwede i-disclose kung sino yun but we already have our options,&rdquo; he said. Filipinos from Lebanon who will return to the Philippines would receive P150,000 each to help them start anew, said Falconi Millar, head of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration&rsquo;s Repatriations and Assistance Division. Meanwhile, only returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) with existing contracts will be allowed to return to Israel as the country is still under Alert Level 2, Olalia said. Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes on Israeli troops a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas staged its unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, which triggered Israel&#39;s devastating assault on Gaza. The escalating violence in Lebanon has killed more than 1,000 people since September 17, Health Minister Firass Abiad said. There are about 11,000 Filipinos in Lebanon, and another 30,000 in Israel, according to data from the Department of Foreign Affairs.<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VF1rYyAtKmo?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> &mdash; With a report from Agence France-Presse&nbsp;

MANILA &mdash; No Filipinos were hurt after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel this week, the Department of Migrant Workers said on Wednesday.&nbsp;

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/17278539750911727806257878AFP__20241001__36HU9RL__v4__Preview__PalestinianIsraelIranLebanonConflict.jpg" style="width: 900px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">This picture taken from the West Bank city of Hebron shows projectiles above the Israeli city of Ashdod on Oct. 1, 2024. Hazem Bader, AFP&nbsp;&nbsp;

No Filipinos were hurt after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel this week, the Department of Migrant Workers said on Wednesday.

No Filipinos were hurt after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel this week, the Department of Migrant Workers said on Wednesday.

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No OFW hurt in Iran missile attack on Israel: DMW

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