Filipinos in Middle East war zones torn between life and livelihood: ‘we have families’

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Filipina carer 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.“Our flat is three minutes away from the bomb shelter, so we really have to run fast,” she said in a video interview from her employer’s home in Rehovot, a...