Published: November 6, 2023, at 18 : 19.
For financial reasons, approximately 20,000 Thai employees are still in Israel, but images indicate that those who were kidnapped by Hamas may still be alive, according to officials.
More than 20,000 Thai people were still living in Israel, according to Pongsathorn Chuthasamit, the Department of Protocol’s response director. He claimed that the Thai consulate in Tel Aviv was running smoothly and was prepared to assist visitors who wanted to go home.
Following the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s closure of its Thai evacuation center at the InterContinental David Tel Aviv Hotel, Mr. Pongsathorn was one of nine international politics representatives who returned from Israel. They were one of the 14 representatives from international politics who had been dispatched to aid in the exodus of Thai citizens from Israel.
The officers were welcomed by Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha – Nukara, who praised their job. Additionally, he claimed that no other Thai citizens had yet expressed a desire to go back home. On Sunday, just two Thais from Israel arrived, he claimed.
Gen Songwit Noonpakdee, the head of the defense troops, reportedly saw photos of many Thais who had been kidnapped from Israel later on Monday, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. At least the photos showed that the victims were still alive.
The prime minister expressed his hope that the victims may be freed in the event of a brief peace while negotiations were ongoing.
The rumor that three Thai captives were missing and another Vietnamese man had been kidnapped, he claimed, had not received any new information.
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict, 24 Thai people have been kidnapped, 19 have suffered injuries, 34 have died, and 7, 470 have returned from Israel, according to a report from the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday.
According to Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the majority of Thai employees chose to stay in Israel for economic reasons on Monday. He claimed that they were indebted and worried that if they left Israel, they wouldn’t be able to make the same amount of money.