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Thailand says freed hostages expected home within 10 days
Five Thai hostages freed Thursday after being held in Gaza for over a year should be home by mid-February, the foreign ministry in Bangkok says.
“Though they seem to be in good health, they have been in captivity for 15 months… I would think they should be able to return within 10 days,” ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura tells reporters.
Three Thai nationals are believed to remain in Gaza after Thursday’s release, though two are thought dead.
“Thailand calls for the release of all the remaining hostages including a Thai national soonest, so they can safely return to their homeland and to their beloved families,” the foreign ministry says.
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