Living through sirens: Filipinos cope in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel — As tensions in the Middle East escalate anew, the Filipino community in Israel continues to navigate the challenges of living in a region marked by uncertainty and conflict. Lorelyn Taguiam, a Filipino hotel staff in Tel Aviv, told The Manila Times that the conflict has disrupted her daily life. “When the sirens go off, we are shocked. We stay at home, as advised by the government, and wait for the situation to calm down,” she said in Filipino. Despite the fe