Israeli envoy denounces Hamas attacks

ISRAELI Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz is hopeful that the renewed armed conflict between his country and Hamas group in Palestine will not escalate and affect the rest of the Middle East where millions of Filipinos work.

IT’S WAR Smoke billows from an Israeli air strike on the Hanadi compound in Gaza City, controlledby the Palestinian Hamas movement, on May 11, 2021. PHOTO BY MOHAMMED ABED/AFP