BANGKOK: Thailand is working with Jordan, Egypt and Malaysia to secure the release of its citizens taken hostage during unrest in Israel, as over 1,000 Thai migrant workers caught in the conflict look to return home, a deputy foreign minister said on Monday.
Negotiations towards securing the release of the Thai hostages was “very positive”, Jakkapong said, without elaborating. Around 30,000 Thai nationals work in Israel, making up one of the largest migrant worker groups in the country, where fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen are still ongoing in several locations.
Thailand’s air force have two aircraft on standby for evacuation flights, along with medics, and the country’s national carrier may also be pressed into service, government officials said.Holed up inside a bunker in southern Israel with over 30 other Thai migrant workers, Udomporn Jampahom said he is desperate to return home.“We keep hearing blasts and bullets. We can’t go outside.”
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