Authorities arrested an Israeli national over a bomb joke in Mactan Cebu International Airport Sunday.

Airport police nabbed Israeli national Eliav Gaoli for joking that he has a bomb hidden in his shoes.

Gaoli was already on his way back to Manila with his cousin Naor Nariski when he joked about carrying a bomb in his shoes.

He cracked the joke to an airport employee while his shoes were passing through security inspection through an X-ray machine.

Gaoli and his cousin were already going through the final checking when authorities made the arrest.

The Israeli will undergo a medical check up before charges are filed against him.

Goali said he has no idea that such jokes are strictly prohibited under the law.