Israel strike results in 12 Thai deaths and 11 abductions

Twelve people from Thailand have died and another 11 have been taken by force in the fighting between Israel and Hamas fighters.

On Monday, Thailand’s foreign ministry said that eight more Thai people were hurt.

The government said that the air force is ready to bring its people back home.

Around 30,000 Thai people are currently in Israel, doing jobs like nursing and construction. They are working with people from over 50 different countries.

The Labour minister, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, said that around 5,000 Thai workers are in the area where fighting is happening. However, Israeli forces have started moving them to a safe place. He said that 1,099 workers have signed up to go back home.

People who work on a farm in Mivtahim, a town close to the Gaza Strip, said that Hamas fighters came to their farm after rockets were shot in the early morning on Saturday.

The Hamas fighters shot a rocket at us before attacking our farm. I had to quickly go and hide in my bedroom, Udomporn Champahom told the BBC on Saturday.

Mr Udomporn was saved by soldiers from Israel after. He said that his friend from Thailand who was with him at that time is getting better from a gunshot injury on his leg that is as big as a bottle cap.

Another worker from Thailand said to the BBC: “I was running and crawling under a truck, then the Hamas group pulled me out and aimed a gun at me from very close before shooting into the ground. ” This worker, who chose not to reveal their name, was later able to get away.

Wanida Armasa told BBC Thai that her husband, Anucha Angkaew, had been working on an avocado farm for nearly two years. He was one of the people who were kidnapped by the militants.

He was seen in a video that Hamas released recently. “She said that the person in the video is definitely him. ”

I haven’t been able to reach him since 02:00 in Bangkok (19:00 on Friday in GMT). Ms Wanida said that she spoke to him right before our daughter went to sleep.

Many countries, like the US, Nepal, and Germany, said that their people have either been murdered, kidnapped, or gone missing during the ongoing disturbance in Israel.

One country impacted is Nepal, which said on Sunday that 10 Nepali college students had died.

They went to Israel to work and learn new skills in farming company. An additional 265 students from Nepal are also working on different farms in Israel, and another 4,500 Nepalis are working as caregivers.

The Israeli police told the Nepali Embassy that another person from Nepal is lost, and four others are hurt, with one of them being very hurt.

India is trying hard to bring back its people from Israel.

Media reports say that approximately 18,000 people from India are currently residing and working in the country.