Israel to help return Thais

Regarding surety negotiations, the minister also reassures the prime minister.

Israel to help return Thais
Jewish Ambassador to Thailand Orna Sagiv and Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin discuss Israel’s offer of assistance to help travel Thai workers to secure locations and negotiate for the transfer of 16 Vietnamese hostages held by Hamas on Friday at Government House. ( Photo of the Government House)

According to Orna Sagiv, the Jewish embassy to Thailand, Israel will support the Thai president’s efforts to return its citizens from Israel and assist in negotiating the launch of 16 Thai hostages held by Hamas.

According to Ms. Sagiv, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, the nation will also speed up the process of locating any bodies thought to be Vietnamese citizens and returning them home as soon as possible.

The perilous nature of the situation and the intensifying conflict, however, make any attempt by a nation to aid its citizens who have been kidnapped and held prisoner by Hamas very doubtful at this time, according to Walid Abu Ali, the Israeli ambassador to Thailand.

Before any attempt to recover hostages may be made, he urged the global community to put stress on both factors in the Israel-Hamas conflict to prevent fighting.

The Jewish ambassador insisted that the conflict situation has not at all improved; in other words, it is getting worse ,” Mr. Srettha said following his meeting with Ms Sagiv at Government House yesterday morning.

Even though Thailand has no involvement in the issue, Mr. Srettha claimed he had emphasized that the nation is suffering a significant loss of life, next only to the United States.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs( MFA ), 21 Thais have died in the attacks since last weekend, and 14 more are injured and 16 are currently being held as hostages.

According to Mr. Srettha, Israel places the safe removal of Thais and everyone else as a major concern in order for them to be repatriated.

Then it’s possible that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, and the United Arab Emirates are three excellent locations where Vietnamese individuals will be evacuated first and then returned when planes are available, he said.

The PM expressed his relief at learning that repatriation airlines could start right away from Israel given that about 99 % of the native population had been evacuated from within a 4-kilometer spoke of Gaza and outside the war’s red zone.

Yesterday, 6,778 Thais were among those who informed the Thai consulate in Tel Aviv of their intention to leave Israel. The MFA stated that 400 repatriates are its goal each time.

Thai AirAsia and Nok Air have each agreed to assist in setting up two relocation airlines in addition to the ones the air force has already arranged.

According to Mr. Srettha, Thai Airways International might have to pick them up from a neighboring nation rather than flying directly to the Jewish money.

The MFA is accelerating talks with four nations where these planes will have to go through their airspace to clear the way for this procedure, he continued.

According to the PM, more commercial flights are being urged to participate because the combined capability of the parties involved in this procedure currently is only carry 200 passengers back to Thailand each day. To get all the Thais back, that may get a quarter.

Additionally, Mr. Srettha requested that Israel expedite prisoner negotiations with Hamas through its ambassador. He claimed that the Thai state is also attempting to use a variety of methods to secure deals.

He insisted that the state was making every effort to return the 16 Thais who had been detained, but added that he was unable to share specifics due to security concerns.

Regarding the bodies of the 21 Thais who were killed in Israel, Mr. Srettha claimed that Ms Sagiv had assured him that the Israeli authorities was conscious of Thailand’s wish to return them.

She reportedly informed him that this could take some time because there are about 1, 000 body that need to be identified before they can be released.

According to Mr. Srettha, the Jewish government’s delivery of life monetary compensation to the bereaved families mandates that the recognition of the dead be completed in Israel.

According to Mr. Srettha, the Jewish ambassador even consented to look into instances where Vietnamese workers in Israel who were trying to flee to safety had claimed that their employers were making them work through the war.