Manila, June 15 -- Filipinos and other foreign nationals in Israel will receive the same protection as Israeli nationals amid Iran's relentless air barrage, Ambassador Ilan Fluss assured Saturday night.

The envoy reported that three people were killed in the aftermath of Tehran's retaliatory strikes that began Friday night following Israel's military attack, which killed Iranian top brass and targeted nuclear sites.

"Israel is defending itself, and we have a lot of air defense systems that are operational. Unfortunately, of course, we do have missiles that did hit the targets in Israel," he said.

"We have a lot of foreigners in Israel, including Filipinos, and we are giving the same safety (measures) that we give to Israelis to foreign...