In the deteriorating villages of Isan, as known to the Northeast of Thailand, families are used to unite Half away from the world.
On Thursday, five families hoped that their loved ones were finally being released from Gaza, after 15 months as a hostage in a struggle they do not understand fully. The Thai Foreign Ministry has said that five Thai citizens will be among the people issued on Thursday.
“Is there any news yet?” Wiwwaeo asked Sriaoun, one of the remaining Thai hostages, the mother of Watchra Sriyaun. “We are happy, but also worried about waiting for the names to come out.”
Neither Israel nor Hamas has named Thai hostages due to its release on Thursday.
Like the other 30,000 Thai farmworks in Israel before the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, Mr. Watchra sometimes became accustomed to nurturing the yield in turning into a war area, said his mother said.
According to the Thai Foreign Ministry, at least 39 Thai agricultural workers were killed in the October 7 attacks, and at least 31 were taken hostage. Of the 31 hostages, at least two died in captivity, Thai officials said. During a ceasefire in November 2023, 23 Thai hostages were released.
Vilas police station, father of another Thai hostage Pongsak police station, said he hoped that his son, a fruit tender, may be one of the five released on Thursday. Families, including the 14 -year -old daughter of Mr. Pongsak and several other relatives, gathered in an excited throng at their home in Burriram.
“I am very super duper, very excited,” said Mr. Vilas. “I couldn’t sleep since last night.”
The fate of the sixth Thai mortgage is believed to be in Gaza that it is not clear. While Thai government officials have said that they are alive, Thai and Israeli workers alleged that they have been reported to have died.
Despite the dangers, Thai Farmhends have continued the fields in Israel. There are some of them who were suffering through Hamas -led murder 15 months ago.
In October, four this killed by Hizbullah rockets in northern Israel. The same month, another Thai was killed near the Israeli-Labanon border when an unexpected armament exploded in a garden.
