'We have to run fast': Filipino workers on life under fire in the Middle East

Debris is seen in a room of Gandhi Hospital, which was hit when a strike struck a state TV communications tower and nearby buildings across the street during the ongoing joint US-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. -- AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

MANILA (AFP): Filipina caregiver Charlot David made the run back and forth to the bomb shelter several times before deciding it was better to simply stay there.

The 44-year-old mother of four, who has lived through "several wars" since moving to Israel in 2008, knew exactly what to do when the ear-splitting alert on her mobile phone first woke her on Saturday.