MANILA, June 18 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is planning to raise the alert levels in Iran and Israel as escalating conflict between the two nations entered its sixth day on Wednesday.

Once a decision is out, DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose De Vega said the agency may "temporarily" raise the alert level in Israel from 2 (restriction phase) to 3 (voluntary repatriation phase).

The plan for Iran, currently under alert level 1 (precautionary phase), meanwhile, is to elevate the warning to "voluntary repatriation phase."

"Hindi pa mandatory kasi karamihan ng Pilipino doon will not go anyway because they're Filipino citizens with Iranian families (We cannot raise it to mandatory because most of the Filipinos there won't go hom...