Bodies of seven more Thais killed in Israel to return home on Thursday

The seven sets of remains are scheduled to arrive at 10.35am at Suvarnabhumi International Airport tomorrow (Thursday), following eight others which were returned last week.

The Thai government has put the number of Thais who died when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7at 30,  18 injured and 19 reportedly held captive. Today (Wednesday), 320 surviving Thais arrived from Israel on a Thai government-sponsored flight.

One of them, Weeraphan Jabsangchan, 32 of Phitsanuloke province, told reporters that he had worked on an agricultural plantation in Israel for more than eight years. His work site is close to the Israel-Lebanon border.

Caption: Thai workers in Israel arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Wednesday.