BBCFive workers of the Thai farmers who were kidnapped during the October 7 attacks were released by Hamas on Israel after they were detention for approximately 500 days in Gaza.
They were handed over to the Red Cross During chaotic scenes along with two IsraelisSoon after the first Israeli hostage was released.
Pongsak Thanna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara SRION, BanNawat SAETHAO and Surasak Lamnao all working in southern Israel when they were kidnapped during the attacks in October 2023.
Prime Minister in Thailand said that she was a blind to hear the news of her release and her government was working with Israel “so that they could not reunite their families as soon as possible.” One of the Thai hostages is still imperceptible to.
“The Thai government, including everyone here in Thailand, has long been awaiting this particular moment,” published by Paetongtarn Shinawatra on social media.
“Holding the hope that the remaining Thai citizen will be released and returned to us safely and quickly.”
For the families of the hostages issued, they have ever had been waiting for him for a long time.
Wellas Theina cried after receiving a call to say that his son Pongsak was released on Thursday.
“I never thought that this day would come, everything was very quiet for a while,” the 65 -year -old told the BBC.
He revealed that he had barely slept the night before, because he was very excited about the possibility of his son's release.
“I don't know how to explain how I got everything that happened.”
“My son took a prisoner, I lost my wife, and I had to stay strong.
“The first five or six months, I lost a lot of weight. It was sad, I had no power to do anything or go anywhere. I was worried all the time.
“When I see him, I will give him hugs and tell him to return home.”
ReutersAnd Yawou Serion also rises, as her son who was released was confirmed.
She said: “The first thing I want to do is the hug of my son and tell him that I miss him a lot.” “His daughter, she was insulating, was also happy. She was praying every day until her father returned.”
She said that all the relatives of Tarra came to her home in Odon County Second to closely monitor the news.
“I had hopes, but I also lost her hopes several times,” she said, adding that she had received a call on Wednesday night, but she was not sure whether her son would be alive. She was also unable to sleep, and revealed the news agency to Agence France -Presse that she and her husband had gone to the rubber on their farm in the early hours of the morning.
Serena Soywanakham, the younger sister of Freeed Frees Saathian, said that her family only managed to maintain hope because they had no evidence that he had been killed.
“If he had died, we would have had a body to hold a party,” she said. “But there was nothing. So we have never lost hope. We always thought that my brother was still alive. We never surrendered. We have always waited to go home.”
The Royal Thai Embassy in Tel AvivThe hostages stipulated to the hospital in Israel will now be transferred, after Thai government officials met them.
The Thai government previously said, thirty -one Thai workers have been transported in October 2023 attacks. 39 others were killed a day.
The majority was released in November 2023, leaving only eight in Gaza, according to officials. It is believed that two have died since then, while the fate of the final hostage – Nvong Pinta – is unknown.
All foreign workers who were kidnapped during the attack were almost. Israel employs about 30,000 of them as farm workers, making them one of the largest migrant groups in the country.
This version is part of a separate agreement between Hamas and the Thai government – it is not part of the Humas ceasefire deal agreed upon on January 19.
