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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 493

Thailand

In this photo provided by the Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv, Phuriphat Thaenna, left, hugs his uncle, freed Thai hostage Pongsak Thaenna, at Shamir Medical Center on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv via AP)
February 4, 2025, 3:10 pm
Relatives of freed Thai hostages fly to Israel for tear-filled reunions
Family members greet Surasak Lamnao, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Saethao and Pongsak Thaenna at Shamir Medical Center, will accompany former captives once they’re ready to return home
By ToI Staff
In this photo provided by Thailand's Foreign Ministry, two newly freed Thai hostages talk to a Thai officer, left center, and medical staff, at Shamir Medical Center in Israel on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (Thailand's Foreign Ministry via AP )
January 28, 2025, 6:02 am
For second time, Shamir hospital readies to treat Thai hostages ‘like family’
Armed with hard-won experience from first release, central Israel medical center preps rooms and staff amid speculation that 10 foreign nationals could be released in side deal
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Tourists rest on an overnight 'sleeper' bus to Laos, March 11, 2011. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP)
January 26, 2025, 10:58 pm
13 Israeli tourists injured, some seriously, in bus crash in Laos
Israel working ‘around the clock’ to bring them to Thailand for treatment; five reportedly sustained moderate to serious wounds when driver apparently fell asleep behind the wheel
By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Sunrise Beach in Koh Phangan, Thailand. (AP Photo/Mairead Flynn)
November 30, 2024, 11:36 pm
Israelis warned terrorists behind murder of UAE rabbi are planning attacks in Thailand
National Security Council warns of threat to Israelis and Jews in southeast Asia, advises against outward display of identity
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A large sign reading travel agency and restaurant in Hebrew in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, April 6, 2009. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 4:26 pm
Israel raises travel warning for Thailand amid ‘persistence of threat’
National Security Council advises avoiding large events associated with Israel, especially if advertised in advance
By Lazar Berman
Thousands of partygoers dance on the beach during the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan island in the southern Thai province of Surat Thani on the night of December 14, 2016. (Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
November 12, 2024, 4:44 pm
Israel warns citizens in Thailand to be vigilant amid ‘growing fear’ of terror plots
Warning does not change threat level, says caution applies to whole country, after report that Thai police has firm indications of attack on upcoming Friday party in Koh Phangan
By ToI Staff
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 worker milking cows at a cowshed in the Golan Heights, on October 26, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 1, 2024, 2:40 pm
Government to mull plan to replace Palestinian laborers with 80,000 foreign workers
Proposal calls for Israel to recruit tens of thousands from Sri Lanka, China, India, Thailand and Moldova as construction and agriculture industries struggle with shortage of hands
By ToI Staff
Thai national Nutthawaree Munkan, center, speaks via video call with Israeli Danielle Aloni, a virtual reunion for the two women after they were released from being hostages of the Hamas terror group, November 29, 2023. (Israel Foreign Ministry)
November 30, 2023, 6:41 pm
Freed Israeli hostage reunites with Thai woman she met in Hamas captivity
Danielle Aloni and her 5-year-old daughter Emilia forged relationship with Nutthawaree Munkan, also seized by terror group; now free, they held a joyful video meeting
By Agencies 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 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
File: Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin in Bangkok on October 4, 2023 (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
November 7, 2023, 3:57 pm
Thai government said in talks with Iran for release of 23 hostages in Gaza
PM Thavisin says country’s captives held by Hamas since October 7 are safe, will be freed soon; Thai delegates meet with Iran FM, Hamas officials in Tehran
By ToI Staff
Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara arrives at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, September 5, 2023. (Sakchai Lalit/AP)
October 31, 2023, 2:40 pm
Thai foreign minister travels to Qatar, Egypt for talks on hostages held by Hamas
Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara to discuss situation of 22 of his country’s nationals who were abducted from Israel to Gaza during terror group’s onslaught
By AFP and ToI Staff
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
Foreign nationals being held by Hamas gunmen, in an unconfirmed photo distributed on social media. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 9, 2023, 4:31 am
Foreign nationals among murdered, abducted and missing in brutal Hamas assault
American, British, French, German, Nepali and Thai nationals among those preyed upon by Gazan terrorists in surprise attack
By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman, Gavriel Fiske and Agencies
Visitors evacuate from a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, October 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
October 3, 2023, 3:52 pm
Shooting at Bangkok mall popular with tourists leaves 3 dead, 6 injured
Shooter, 14, apprehended by police as masses, including Israeli tourists, flee bustling Paragon Mall after gunshots ring out
By AP and ToI Staff
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