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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

Israel-Thailand relations

Aleksandr 'Shura' Uman, left, and Egor Bortnik perform during the Bi-2 rock band concert in Moscow, Russia, December 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
February 1, 2024, 11:36 am
Dissident Russian rock band Bi-2 lands in Israel after deportation from Thailand
Bands members, four of whom are reportedly Israeli, arrested last week after concert in Phuket following suspected Kremlin pressure
By Melanie Lidman
A billboard bearing portraits of Israeli hostages taken by Palestinian terrorists in the October 7 attack in southern Israel is displayed during a demonstration calling for their release, in Tel Aviv on November 15, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
November 16, 2023, 4:37 pm
Mediator: 25 Thai hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are ‘safe’
Thai politician Lepong Syed says hostages could be released in ’10 days or less’ if ceasefire is agreed on by Israel and Hamas
By AFP and ToI Staff
A relative hugs a Thai overseas worker who was evacuated from Israel after Hamas's October 7 attacks, as he and others arrived at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand, on October 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
November 3, 2023, 1:17 am
Thai workers face dilemma: Stay and endure war, or flee but lose vital wages
7,000 Thai laborers left Israel after 23 were kidnapped to Gaza, 32 killed in October 7 massacre; others stay to keep earning salary 8 times higher than in Thailand
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
A house is on fire in Kibbutz Nir Oz during an attack by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023. (AP/Hassan Eslaiah)
October 10, 2023, 3:04 pm
‘My heart dropped’: Families fear for Thais kidnapped by Hamas during onslaught
At least 18 Thai nationals killed, 11 captured and taken to Gaza; some 30,000 Thais work in Israel, earning money to improve the lives of their families back home
By AFP and ToI Staff
A security person patrols at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Friday, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
December 2, 2022, 9:28 pm
Israeli found with bullet magazines in suitcase sentenced to 18 months in Thai jail
Former Border Police officer Gal Shmuel Farjun says he left the bullets in his bag by accident; Foreign Ministry had hoped he’d be deported rather than imprisoned
By ToI Staff
View of the beach on Koh Samui, Thailand, August 21, 2017 (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
November 29, 2022, 8:41 pm
Iran said to promise Thailand to not target Israelis visiting country
Report says Bangkok recently informed Jerusalem of Iranian pledge to refrain from attempting attacks against Israelis on Thai soil
By ToI Staff
Nati Hadad, who was sentenced in 2018 to four years in prison in Thailand and later was extradited to Israel, is seen after his release from the Hermon Prison, November 29, 2020 (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 29, 2020, 3:47 pm
Israeli freed early from jail where he was serving time for Thailand offenses
Nati Hadad out on parole from Israeli prison where he transferred earlier this year for remainder of 4-year sentence for operating illegal Ko Samui clinic, firearms conviction
By ToI Staff
Saeid Moradi (C), an Iranian suspected of involvement in the February 2012 bomb blasts in Bangkok, and fellow suspect Mohammad Khazaei (2nd-R) appear at a court in Bangkok, August 22, 2013. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP)
November 27, 2020, 3:49 am
Israeli ex-envoy fumes over Thailand’s release of Iranians jailed for bomb plot
Itzhak Shoham says the 3 Iranians, freed as part of swap with Australia, should be ‘rotting in prison’ for planning attack on Israeli diplomats in Bangkok
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Nati Hadad. (Screenshot: YouTube)
June 8, 2020, 9:40 am
Israeli jailed in Thailand lands in Israel to serve out rest of sentence
‘I can’t believe I got here,’ says Nati Hadad, who was given four years in 2018 for operating an illegal clinic and firearms offenses
By ToI Staff
Nati Hadad. (Screenshot: YouTube)
June 7, 2020, 11:49 pm
Israeli jailed in Thailand heading home to serve rest of sentence
Nati Hadad was given four years in 2018 for operating an illegal clinic and firearms offenses; expected to land on Monday, following prolonged diplomatic efforts
By ToI Staff
Nati Hadad. (Screenshot: YouTube)
March 24, 2020, 12:02 pm
Israeli jailed in Thailand to serve rest of sentence in Israel, president says
Rivlin announces that after almost 2 years of efforts and a suicide attempt in prison, Nati Hadad to be transferred home
By ToI Staff
Commuters wearing face masks are mirrored in a subway station in Bangkok, Thailand, February 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
February 20, 2020, 4:12 pm
Thailand asks Israel to reconsider entry ban over virus concerns
Jerusalem instituted the most sweeping entry restrictions in the world in bid to keep COVID-19 pathogen from entering country
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative -- In this Dec. 5, 2016 photo, long-tail boats sit near a small beach on Ko Phi Phi Leh, an island off the southwestern coast of Thailand (AP Photo/Courtney Bonnell)
October 6, 2019, 4:09 pm
22-year-old Israeli tourist dies in Thailand diving accident
Foreign Ministry says diplomats working to return woman’s body to Israel for burial
By ToI Staff
A leopard at the Thai island of Ko Samui that attacked an Israeli toddler on August 26, 2019. (Screenshot: YouTube)
August 27, 2019, 2:55 am
Video emerges of Thai leopard dashing out of pen to maul Israeli toddler
2-year-old victim returned to Israel after sustaining serious wounds to the face during family trip to island of Ko Samui
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri) at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Vietnam. (Wikipedia/Tomáš Najer - BioLib/CC BY-SA)
August 22, 2019, 10:04 pm
Israeli toddler stable after mauled by leopard in Thailand
2-year-old boy operated on at local hospital after sustaining serious wounds to the face during family trip to island of Ko Samui
By ToI Staff
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