At UN podium, Israel’s envoy plays gruesome video of Thai being attacked
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News United Nations – Israel’s United Nations envoy showed the 193-member General Assembly a brief video on Thursday (Oct. 26) that he said showed a Hamas fighter trying to decapitate a man with a garden tool during the Palestinian militants’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Ambassador Gilad Erdan told […]
Read MoreSrettha urges Thai workers in Israel to return and not be lured by money
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin this afternoon (Oct. 23) urged Thai workers in Israel to return home after finding out that many of them had changed their mind after their employers lured them to stay back by increasing their pay, Amarin TV said. Speaking after a meeting at the Foreign Ministry Srettha said so far […]
Read MoreAnother Thai dead in Israel-Hamas war, two more taken hostage
ONE MORE Thai worker has died in the Israel-Hamas war raising the death toll to 31 while two have been taken hostage with there now being 19 Thais held captive by Hamas fighters, Naewna and TV Channel 7 said today (Oct. 22). Labour Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Pairoj Chotikasathien said the Thai embassy in Tel […]
Read MoreBodies of 8 Thai workers return home; assistance team moving to Dubai
AS the first eight bodies of Thai workers who died in the Israel-Hamas war returned to Thailand this morning (Oct. 20), a senior Labour Ministry official said an assistance team is flying to Dubai to help Thai workers catch a connecting flight from there, Matichon newspaper said. At 9.30 a.m. El Al Airlines flight […]
Read MorePanel asks UK to help rescue Thais held hostage in Gaza as death toll rises
THAILAND’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE has asked British Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan to help rescue 17 Thais held hostage in Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war rages on, Naewna newspaper said today (Oct. 18). Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said this morning in Beijing that one more Thai worker had died in […]
Read MoreThai workers stuck in Israel’s ‘red zone’ appeal for help
EVEN AS repatriation of Thai workers from Israel is continuing with two flights scheduled for today (Oct. 17), some Thai workers stuck in the so-called “red zone” where fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants is raging appealed for help, TV Channel 7 said this morning. As soon as the Thai embassy in Tel […]
Read MoreThai people are not the target of Hamas: Ministry
AMID news that Hamas fighters spoke in Thai to lure Thai workers hiding in their camps along the Gaza border and take them hostage, the Foreign Ministry last evening (Sept. 14) confirmed that Thais were not their special target, TV Channel 7 said. Mrs. Kanchana Patarachoke, the ministry’s spokesperson, said both Israelis and foreigners […]
Read More19 more Thais returning from Israel today
THE THAI Embassy in Tel Aviv arranged for the return of 19 more Thai workers injured in the Israel-Hamas war with the El Al airline flight having departed at 4.30 a.m. local time this morning (Oct. 13) and due to land at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 5.15 p.m., Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said. […]
Read More35 Thais return from Israel with more airplanes being arrange
ALTOGETHER 35 Thais caught in the Israel-Hamas war returned to Thailand today (Oct. 12) while one more worker died taking the death toll to 21 and more airplanes are being arranged to bring others home, Thai News Agency and Naewna newspaper said. Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said after welcoming the returning workers […]
Read MoreTwo Thais dead as Israeli forces clash with Hamas gunmen
By Reuters – published by CNA, AP and Matichon PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said upon arrival in Hong Kong at 12. 50 local time (1.50 p.m. in Thailand) that one more Thai had died in the attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas, raising the death toll two with it being earlier reported […]
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