THAI Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said today (Nov. 3) that Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had called to inform that 20 out of 23 Thais held hostage by Hamas fighters are safe while a search is underway for two to three other captives, TV Channel 7 said. Srettha said Anwar had told him that
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60 unidentified bodies of Asians in Israel
ISRAELI ambassador Mrs. Orna Sagiv has told a senior Labour Ministry official that there are 60 bodies of foreigners killed in the war with Hamas, all Asians, that have still to be identified, TV Channel 7 said today (Nov. 1). Speaking to reporters after receiving the bodies of 11 Thai workers, Labour Ministry permanent-secretary
Read morePanpree urgently flies to Qatar, Egypt for talks on freeing hostages
FOREIGN Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara is urgently flying to Qatar and Egypt for emergency talks with their leaders to help free 22 Thais held hostage by Hamas fighters as the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Oct. 31). As instructed by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Parnpree will also be promoting bilateral relations
Read moreMinistry slams showing video of Thai being brutally killed at UN
THE Thai Foreign Ministry today (Oct. 29) criticised the showing of a gruesome video of a Thai being brutally killed by a Hamas fighter at the UN General Assembly last Thursday, Naewna newspaper said. Israel’s UN envoy Gilad Erdan showed the 193-member General Assembly the brief video that he said showed a Hamas fighter
Read moreGovernors told to push families to bring Thai workers back from Israel
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul tonight (Oct. 28) sent an urgent Line message to all governors across the nation to coordinate with families of Thai workers in Israel to persuade them to return home immediately, TV Channel 7 said. This step came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had earlier in the day issued
Read morePM tells Thais in Israel to change their minds and return immediately
PRIME MINISTER Sretta Thavisin said in a post published on X, formerly Twitter, this afternoon (Oct. 28) that as Israeli forces have intensified their ground operation along the Gaza Strip with the war likely expanding Thais in Israel should change their minds and return home immediately, Matichon newspaper said. The government is extremely concerned
Read moreAt 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 moreAs many as 54 Thais taken hostage: Israeli Govt
Jerusalem – More than half the estimated 220 hostages held by Palestinian group Hamas have foreign passports from 25 different countries, including 54 Thai nationals, the Israeli government said on Wednesday (Oct. 25), according to a Reuters report published by Yahoo!News In providing updated figures, the government also said 328 people from 40 countries
Read moreAnother Thai worker dead in Israel-Hamas war
THE FOREIGN Ministry said this evening (Oct. 25) another Thai worker has died in the Israel-Hamas war taking the death toll to 31, Amarin TV said. As of last evening, aside from the additional death of a Thai worker altogether 18 were injured while it appears 19 have been taken captive with these two
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 moreBiden says Gaza militants appear to be behind hospital blast
By Reuters and published by CNA Tel Aviv/ Gaza – US President Joe Biden pledged solidarity with Israel on Wednesday (Oct. 18) and said a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital seemed to have been caused by a rocket misfired by militants as he ended a Middle East peace mission that was curtailed by
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 moreAnother 130 Thais return from Israel; 32 more flights likely
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said he was happy another group of 130 Thais returned home on an air force Airbus A340-500 flight that landed at Don Mueang Airport at 6.50 a.m. this morning (Oct. 16) and that there will be at least another 32 repatriation flights from Israel, Thai Rath, Naewna newspapers and Amarin
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 moreAir force calls up reservists, THAI pilots in starting evacuation flights tonight
THE THAI air force has summoned reservists with experience in flying Airbus A340 aircraft as well as roped in Thai Airways International pilots with similar experience in preparing to launch flights to evacuate Thais from Israel starting tonight (Oct. 14), Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. As more than 7,000 Thais in Israel have said
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
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