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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Thai nationals who were taken hostage by Hamas militants and recently released, wave from inside a bus as they leave the Shamir Medical Center near the city of Ramla, heading toward the airport to be flown home, on November 29, 2023. — AFP pic
BANGKOK, Dec 4 — Six Thai hostages kidnapped and held for weeks in the Gaza Strip by Hamas arrived back in the kingdom today, officials said.
Tens of thousands of Thais were working in Israel, mostly in the agricultural sector, when Palestinian militants poured over the border on October 7, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping roughly 240, according to Israeli authorities.
At least 32 Thais were abducted by Hamas, with Bangkok’s foreign ministry and Thai Muslim groups working to negotiate their release.
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Seventeen returned last week and today, six more landed at the capital’s Suvarnabhumi airport at around 2pm (0700 GMT/3pm Malaysian time) after weeks in captivity.
Since their release by Hamas, the six have been recuperating at a hospital in Israel as authorities made preparations to fly them home.
Five of the former hostages are expected to transfer immediately to their home cities around the kingdom, according to the foreign ministry.
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Thai nationals who were taken hostage by Hamas militants and recently released, wave from inside a bus as they leave the Shamir Medical Center near the city of Ramla, heading toward the airport to be flown home, on November 29, 2023. — AFP pic
The returnees were released during a temporary truce that saw scores of people released before it expired on December 1.
Another nine Thais are still among the hostages taken by Palestinian militants, according to Bangkok’s foreign ministry.
Israel has responded to Hamas’s October 7 attack with a massive campaign of air, artillery and naval strikes alongside a ground offensive into Gaza, killing more than 15,500 people, mostly civilians, according to Palestinian officials.
Thailand had 30,000 citizens in Israel when the raid occurred, the majority of them migrant workers from poorer provinces in the kingdom’s northeast.
Thirty-nine Thais have been killed and 19 wounded in the war, with the kingdom evacuating more than 8,500 of its people, according to Thailand’s foreign ministry. — AFP
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