CNA – There were 111 Filipinos, 71 Thais, 4 Vietnamese, 2 Singaporeans and 1 Indonesian enlisted in the Israel Defence Forces as of March 2025, according to official data obtained by an Israeli non-governmental organisation.

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19 Feb 2026 07:26PM (Updated: 19 Feb 2026 08:32PM)
BANGKOK: Nearly 200 Southeast Asians were among more than 50,000 service members in the Israeli military holding more than one passport, according to official data obtained by an Israeli non-governmental organisation.
There were 111 Filipinos, 71 Thais, 4 Vietnamese, 2 Singaporeans and 1 Indonesian enlisted in the Israeli military as of March 2025, according to numbers obtained by the NGO Hatzlacha, a volunteer emergency medical service, through Israel’s Freedom of Information Law.


