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Filipina caregiver killed in Israel, Palace confirms

Mary Anne Velazquez Rivera, 32, died from shrapnel while helping her patient reach shelter amid US-Israel strikes on Iran, marking the first Filipino casualty in the conflict.

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MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. confirmed the first reported Filipino casualty in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In a video message on Sunday night, March 1, President Marcos said that the victim was identified as Mary Anne Velazquez Rivera, a caregiver from Pangasinan who worked in Israel. According to the report the Philippine Government received, Rivera was helping her ward reach a bomb shelter when they were caught in th…

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The Manila Times broke the news in Manila, Philippines (the) on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
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