Thailand urges Israel to relocate 4,000 Thai nationals working near the Gaza strip after one of its citizens is killed.
Israeli police say a farm laborer, Narakorn Kittiyongkul, died on Wednesday when a projectile fired from Gaza struck the greenhouse where he was working in the southern part of the country.
The Thai Foreign Ministry says its embassy in Tel Aviv had advised its citizens to stop working in the area near Gaza.
“The Thai Embassy has contacted the Israeli Foreign Ministry and employers to ask them to relocate 4,000 Thai workers in agriculture estates near the Gaza strip immediately and unconditionally to safe areas 10 to 20 kilometers (6-12 miles) away,” ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee tells reporters in Bangkok.
“But we will not evacuate our workers from Israel yet,” he adds.
Thousands of overseas workers, many from Southeast Asia, work on Israeli farms and in factories.
— AFP
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