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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Thai workers in Israel

Wiwwaro Sriaoun, 53, a mother of a remaining Thai hostage captured by Hamas, Watchara Sriaoun, attends Sunday church service, in Kut Yang village, Udon Thani province, Thailand, October 6, 2024. (REUTERS/Thomas Suen)
October 7, 2024, 11:21 am
Rural Thai church resounds with prayers for return of captive son from Gaza
One of six Thais believed to be held hostage by Hamas, Watchara Sriaoun had worked in Israel with his brother to repay the family debt and cover his father’s medical bills
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Nitikorn 'Lee' Sae Wang (Screenshot)
June 14, 2024, 2:58 pm
Nitikorn Sae Wang, 26: Thai worker who never got to meet his son
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7
By ToI Staff
The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel. October 25, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 17, 2024, 12:51 am
Israel confirms 2 Thai nationals were killed on Oct. 7, bodies being held by Hamas
Hotline for Refugees and Migrants says news comes on what would have been 31st birthday of Sonthaya Oakkharasr, who along with Sudthisak Rinthalak was slaughtered at Kibbutz Be’eri
By ToI Staff
Somkuan Pansa-ard (Screenshot/Reuters)
April 9, 2024, 6:31 pm
Somkuan Pansa-ard, 39: Thai farm worker was family’s sole support
Murdered by Hamas at Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7
By ToI Staff
Freed Thai couple Boonthom Pankhong (L) and Natthawaree Munkan (R), who were held hostage by Hamas following the October 7 attack on Israel, take part in a traditional welcoming ceremony for their safe return to Thailand, at their house in Thailand's northeastern Udon Thani province on December 6, 2023. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)
April 1, 2024, 11:30 am
Two freed Thai hostages get married, plan to return to ‘safer place’ in Israel
Former Hamas captive Nutthawaree Munkan calls it ‘a miracle’ that she was able to leave Gaza, confesses ‘it is hard to picture how the remaining hostages will survive’
By ToI Staff
Pongsak Tanna was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Screen capture)
March 4, 2024, 8:23 pm
Taken captive: Thai worker Pongsak Tanna, father of 14-year-old girl
36-year-old was taken hostage from the kibbutz where he worked on October 7, 2023
By ToI Staff
Thai field hand Sriaoun Watchara was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from Kibbutz Nir Oz (Courtesy)
January 8, 2024, 5:19 pm
Taken captive: Thai field hand Watchara Sriaoun
Thai worker was taken from Nir Oz on October 7 along with 3 other field hands; 11 others slaughtered
By ToI Staff
Surasak Lamnau, a Thai laborer in Israel's south was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
January 8, 2024, 5:14 pm
Taken captive: Surasak Lamnau, Thai worker abducted with employer
His mother sought information online and was contacted by someone who saw him being taken hostage on October 7
By ToI Staff
Picking persimmons in Rishpon in December 2023 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 31, 2023, 10:01 am
Volunteers’ efforts bear fruit, but war-hit farmers would prefer professionals
With thousands of foreign field hands having fled, it’s taking too long to pick the season’s lemons, oranges, persimmons, avocados and strawberries, and some owners are despairing
By Jessica Steinberg
Inbal Mashash, the director of the Population and Immigration Authority’s Foreign Workers Administration, addresses the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers on December 19, 2023. (Danny Shem-Tov/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
December 20, 2023, 8:58 am
Despite war, more than 12,000 foreign workers have arrived in Israel, lawmakers told
Government working to recruit thousands of additional workers to make up for post-October 7 labor shortage, Population and Immigration Authority says
By Sam Sokol and AFP
Thai farm worker Pinta Nattapong was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from Kibbutz Nir Oz (Courtesy)
December 16, 2023, 8:33 pm
Taken captive: Pinta Nattapong, saving up for a coffee shop
Thai worker was abducted by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7
By ToI Staff
Kiattisak Patee (Facebook)
December 6, 2023, 4:52 pm
Kiattisak Patee, 35: Thai worker whose TikTok showcased farm life
Murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Re’im on October 7
By ToI Staff
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, seen on a screen at left, talks to Thai hostages who were freed from Hamas after their arrival at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand, November 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
December 1, 2023, 8:26 am
Families reunite with 17 Thai hostages upon return to Bangkok from Hamas captivity
Six remain in Israel for medical treatment, nine still held hostage in Gaza; mother of captive says she believed son to be dead: ‘I waited for a miracle, and it happened’
By Agencies
Thai nationals freed from Gazan captivity hug at a hospital in Israel in a photo released by the Thai government on November 27, 2023. (Courtesy)
November 30, 2023, 8:59 am
Freed Thai hostage says Israelis held with him were abused, beaten
Foreign worker says Israelis with him were treated more harshly by Hamas than others; all hostages were severely underfed, given one pita a day
By 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 24, 2023, 1:22 am
Report: Hamas set to release 23 Thai hostages in side deal brokered by Iran
London-based pan-Arab news site says Tehran gave Bangkok details on the condition of hostages kidnapped in October 7 attacks
By ToI Staff
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