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Illustrative: Thai police escort a suspect into a van, Bangkok, Thailand, January 13, 2025. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
June 2, 2026, 6:04 pm
10 Israelis deported from Thailand amid crackdown on foreign-linked crime — report
Local media alleges the Israeli nationals were involved in extensive nominee company scheme involving 32 businesses, estimated to have caused over $6 million in damage
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Thai police escort a suspect into a van, Bangkok, Thailand, January 13, 2025. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
May 3, 2026, 8:11 am
Thai police raid illegal school run by Iranian couple, find 89 Israeli kids enrolled
Thai security agency says raid came after complaints of ‘foreigners operating businesses that could threaten national security’; 2 Iranians and a Thai national arrested, charged
By ToI Staff
First responders attend to the site of a road accident that left six Israeli tourists injured, one of them critically, in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, January 10, 2026. (Screen capture: Passportcard via Ynet)
January 10, 2026, 4:03 pm
6 Israelis hurt, one critically, in minibus accident in Thailand
Vehicle reportedly tried to overtake another car, veered off road and hit a tree in Chiang Mai; Foreign Ministry in touch with wounded and their families, consul en route to scene
By ToI Staff
A Loop Festival party in Pai, Thailand, in November 2025. (Social media video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 29, 2025, 6:08 am
Thailand shuts down dance parties targeted by anti-Israel incitement, vandalism
Israeli organizers say social media attacks and damage to venue by activists led local authorities to cancel planned music events in Pai
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People ride their motorcycles along a road near a market area in downtown Chiang Mai, Thailand, on April 7, 2023. (AFP)
December 21, 2025, 10:20 pm
Israeli man killed, son injured in Thailand motorcycle accident
Southeast Asian country, a popular travel destination for Israelis, consistently ranks as one of the world’s most dangerous for road traffic
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Workers move a coffin containing the body of Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai laborer who was killed and whose body was taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack, as it arrives at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn, Thailand, December 10, 2025. (Surakit Kaewmorakot/AP)
December 10, 2025, 6:46 pm
Remains of Sudthisak Rinthalak, last Thai hostage in Gaza, arrive home
Body of captive slain by terrorists on Oct. 7 and held for two years arrives at Bangkok airport, where family waits to perform Buddhist funeral rites in his hometown
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker who was murdered by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, and whose body was taken hostage to Gaza and returned to Israel on December 3, 2025. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2025, 11:31 am
Body of Sudthisak Rinthalak, Thai farmer and family breadwinner, returned to Israel
Officials say family of slain hostage, 43, has been informed, plans underway to repatriate his body; ‘hard-working’ agricultural employee came to Israel after divorce ‘to find himself’
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
A poster of Sudthisak Rinthalak, whose body is still held in Gaza, November 29, 2025 (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
December 3, 2025, 2:23 pm
Father of hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak: ‘I always worry about him, I pray for him’
Family says it wants to bring his body home to Thailand to be buried with traditional ceremony; brother says he feels guilty for encouraging him to move to Israel
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Sagi Mor and his family. (Courtesy of the family)
November 20, 2025, 11:28 pm
Israeli tourist drowns off coast of Koh Phangan after jumping into sea to rescue son
Body of Sagi Mor, 45, found Thursday morning after hundreds of volunteers helped search alongside police; Foreign Ministry working to bring body back to Israel
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A couple sit on a swing hanging from the palm trees on a beach on Ko Pha Ngan island. August 15, 2017. Photo by (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
November 5, 2025, 5:51 pm
Israeli couple arrested in Thailand over public sex at popular waterfall
Tourists charged with public obscenity after clip on social media shows them having midday sex on Ko Pha Ngan island
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul pose with their documents during a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
October 26, 2025, 9:49 am
Trump oversees Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire agreement at Malaysia summit
Amid push for Nobel Peace Prize, US president also expected to travel to Japan, South Korea, China to discuss trade agreements and tariffs
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, David Rising and EILEEN NG
Thai people who fled clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers take shelter in Surin province in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunny Chittawil)
July 24, 2025, 2:19 pm
Foreign Ministry issues travel warning for Thai-Cambodian border amid lethal clashes
Thailand and neighboring countries are among most popular flight destinations for Israeli tourists, who are now urged to avoid ‘proximity to border crossings’
By Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Participants at David's Circle in Koh Phangan, Thailand, March 2025. (Inor Kagno)
May 11, 2025, 1:47 pm
On a serene Thai island, a holistic healing center provides relief for traumatized Israelis
Survivors of the Oct. 7 massacre, discharged IDF reserves soldiers, and others gather in David’s Circle, a lush jungle sanctuary, to help each other – and themselves
By Eliyahu Freedman
A three-wheeled motorcycle drives past collapsed and damaged buildings in Mandalay, after the March 28 earthquake struck central Myanmar, April 3, 2025. (AFP/ Sai Aung MAIN)
April 3, 2025, 10:23 am
Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,000 as more bodies found
The Southeast Asian nation says another 4,715 people have been injured and 341 are missing after last week’s 7.7 magnitude quake
By AP
Illustrative. The beach on Ko Samui, Thailand, August 21, 2017. (Nati Shohat/ FLASH90/ File)
March 31, 2025, 11:17 pm
Israeli said arrested in Thailand after Finnish tourist alleges sexual assault
Man, 36, reportedly stopped at Phuket Airport hours after warrant issued over complaint from 19-year-old, who said he fondled and kissed her while drinking on Ko Samui beach
By ToI Staff
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