Philippine Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III told ABS-CBN on Thursday that workers from his country will no longer be allowed to travel to Israel "until we can ensure their safety."
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"From now on, we will not deploy workers to Israel," he said.
"As we can see, there are bombings everywhere. If we deploy workers in Israel and an incident occurs, it will be difficult, it will be my responsibility."
The announcement followed a rocket attack by Hamas that killed two Thai farmworkers and wounded at least seven others at a packaging factory Tuesday in southern Israel.
A week earlier, a Hamas strike killed an Indian woman who worked as a health aide in the town of Ashkelon.
The government of the Philippines is one of the largest sources of foreign labor in Israel. Some 30,000 Filipinos are currently working in Israel, mainly as caregivers.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect at 2 a.m. Friday morning, after 11 days of fighting.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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