Netanyahu tells Thai PM: Israel working to bring home Thai hostages from Gaza

1 November 2023, 9:32 pm

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A Thai worker, front center, who was injured during the October 7, 2023, onslaught and evacuated from Israel, arrives at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand, October 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with his Thai counterpart, Srettha Thavisin, and expresses his condolences on the murder and kidnapping of many Thai citizens in Hamas’s October 7 assault on southern Israel.

The most updated count from the government says that at least 24 Thai nationals are believed to be held captive in Gaza, and 32 killed in Hamas’s onslaught.

Netanyahu tells Thavisin that Israel will work as hard as possible to release all of the hostages including the Thai nationals, and says that all those wounded are receiving excellent medical treatment, according to Netanyahu’s office.

The Israeli premier also expressed his appreciation for the work of Thai laborers in Israel, and said he hopes those who left with the outbreak of the war will one day return.