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Five Thai hostages freed from Gaza last week released from the hospital, set to fly home

8 February 2025, 4:11 pm
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Five Thai civilians who were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, and released from captivity in Gaza last week — Pongsak Thenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao and Surasak Lamnau — have been released from the hospital and are set to fly home to Thailand.

Footage posted to social media from the Shamir Medical Center in Petah Tikva shows staff lining the exit to the hospital, cheering and waving Thai and Israeli flags as the former hostages walk out of the building.

The men smile and wave and thank the crowd.

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