Phillipines

'Baby killer': Fight breaks out in Manila airport over antisemitic insults - report

The incident follows an antisemitic attack against an IDF reservist at a cafe on Siargao Island in the Philippines on August 3, according to the Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Philippine Airlines plane stands parked on the tarmac at Manila's International airport on November 8, 2013; Illustrative.
An Indian soldier stands guard next to captured Somali pirates after they were brought in for prosecution by the Indian Navy, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, March 23, 2024.

Merchant ship hijacked off Yemen now held by Somali pirates, residents say

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said last week that a vessel boarded by unauthorized personnel in the Gulf of Aden had been maneuvered into Somali waters, classifying it as a hijack.

|ByREUTERS
A view shows a model of Drishti 10(Starliner), a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, and SkyStriker, tactical loitering munitions for covert and precise airstrikes, by Adani Defence and Aerospace at their stall during the drone exhibition at Bharat Drone Shakti 2023.

Indian Navy opens investigation after local version of Elbit drone crashed during training

The Israeli UAV, manufactured under license by the Adani Group, crashed during a training sortie near the village of Drampar in Gujarat. A similar UAV crashed in the area in January 2010.

|ByUDI ETZION, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The wreck of the Japanese “Hellship” transport Hōfuku Maru, July 3, 2026.

Wreck of Japan's WWII 'Hellship' carrying Allied POWs found off Philippine coast after 80 years

The discovery, announced by the Hellships Memorial Foundation, was also aired in early June on the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown program.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Israel in the Philippines

For a while, at least, the world has glimpsed a completely different facet of the IDF.

NOVEMBER 18, 2013ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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IDF field hospital treats 370 injured Filipinos

Procedures include operations with advanced medical equipment; site visited by regional district chief.

NOVEMBER 16, 2013ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
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First baby born in IDF field hospital in Philippines, named Israel

148 person IDF delegation helps in Philippines with aftermath of devastating typhoon.

NOVEMBER 15, 2013ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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Filipinos in Israel pray for their missing relatives

Donation boxes were set up at Filipino-owned markets, travel agencies, banks in Tel Aviv to help typhoon victims find loved ones.

NOVEMBER 13, 2013ByBEN HARTMAN
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Philippine envoy thanks Israeli government, NGOs as aid and assistance continues

IDF, Foreign Ministry and Israeli, Jewish humanitarian organizations are all sending aid workers to the Philippines.

NOVEMBER 13, 2013ByBENJI ROSEN
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IDF to send field hospital to Philippines for typhoon relief

Mission to include medical staff and hospital.

NOVEMBER 12, 2013ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
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US, Britain sending warships to help Philippine relief efforts

About 600,000 people have been displaced by Typhoon Haiyan.

NOVEMBER 12, 2013ByREUTERS
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Open doors and open hearts

Philippines Ambassador Petronilla Garcia talks about bearing responsibility for tens of thousands of mainly female Filipino contract workers – and about the challenge of ‘doing diplomacy’ in Israel.

JUNE 5, 2010ByCARL HOFFMAN
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