The Department of Foreign Affairs is looking into reports two Filipinos are among the hostages being held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
— The Department of Foreign Affairs is looking into reports two Filipinos are among the hostages being held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
A Reuters report said over half of the estimated 220 hostages had foreign passports from 25 countries, including the Philippines. "Israel believes that one of them, a male, is likely a hostage. They haven't shown us the evidence. The wife of the supposed hostage has said from the beginning that she saw her husband taken on video," he said.
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