20 people were killed, and 14 more were kidnapped: accounts
According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, more studies of Thais being kidnapped or injured have also been made, and two more Thai workers in Israel have died as a result of Hamas attacks.
According to Kanchana Patarachoke, director-general of the agency’s Department of Information, attacks and underwater bombardments continued close to the Gaza Strip, with reports of fatalities and injuries coming from both sides.
Based on illegal information from employers and Thai nationals on the ground and pending official confirmation from Israeli authorities, she claimed that the two Vietnamese workers were killed in a jet attack, bringing the total number of Thai deaths to 20.
Thirteen Thais were injured and fourteen were kidnapped as a result of the reports of three additional abductions and four additional injuries.
According to Ms. Kanchana, the Thai consulate checked the list of names and found no Thais among the 14 captives who had lately been freed.
According to Ms. Kanchana, who likewise serves as the agency’s representative, 5, 174 Thai employees have registered for deliberate repatriation in full, and 64 have confirmed they may stay in Israel. There are about 30,000 Thai people living in Israel.
She responded that the first 15 Thais were scheduled to return to Thailand on an El Al journey at 10.35 a.m. today when asked about evacuations.
According to her, officials have also reserved 80 seats for Thais on commercial airlines for departure on Wednesday.
According to Ms. Kanchana, the Royal Thai Air Force( RTAF) has transport plane ready to return more Thais back as other nations are first requesting permission to fly through their aircraft. The RTAF may take its aircraft to remove Thai citizens from Israel on Sunday and October 24 once it has been given permission.
According to her, the Thai consulate in Tel Aviv is also working with professional airlines to set up planes to help more Thai people leave Israel.
According to Ms. Kanchana, Thai citizens in Israel have also requested assistance from Siamese diplomats in Jordan and Egypt in entering those nations from Israel.
The offices, according to her, are prepared to assist them, but they must move across borders with more caution.
According to Ms. Kanchana, the Thai consulate in Tel Aviv has been in contact with Israel’s foreign affairs ministry and a number of Israeli officials to hasten the removal of Thai citizens from high-risk areas to protected areas.
Thai citizens among the hundreds of citizens who have been evacuated to protected areas. For the time being, she said, they may either labor on agricultural estates or stay in makeshift shelters.
According to Ms. Kanchana, Pannabha Chandraramya visited a group of Thai residents in Tel Aviv to provide support and raise their spirits. He was also the Thai embassy to Israel and the labor attaché to the embassy.
When the first 15 Thais return today, immigration officials may arrange their entrance, and they will finally be taken to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute for health check-ups, according to Naruchai Ninnat, assistant director-general of the Department of Consular Affairs.
The 15 Thais are entitled to 15, 000 ringgit in compensation each from the ministry’s bank that was established to assist Vietnamese staff abroad, according to Samas Pattamasukhon, inspector general at the Labour Ministry.
According to Mr. Samas, they will each receive an additional 15, 000 baht if they sustain injuries and a health document certifying their conditions.