12 hours ago · Five Thai hostages have been released after 15 months of captivity in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, dozens of doctors, nurses and representatives from Israel and Thailand waved flags, sang, and cheered as the five Thai citizens stepped off a military helicopter and entered a hospital outside Tel Aviv

1 day ago · Thailand and Israel implemented a bilateral agreement a decade ago to ease the way for workers in the agriculture sector. Israel has come under criticism for the conditions under which the Thai farm laborers work. In a 2015 report, Human Rights Watch said they often were housed in makeshift and inadequate accommodations and “were paid ...

Thailand and Israel share a close and friendly relationship, and cooperate on many fields. People-to-people relations between the two countries are also good, as thousands of Thais are employed in Israel, and millions of Israelis have visited and continue to visit Thailand.

21 hours ago · Working on farms in often dangerous parts of Israel, Thai farmhands suffered a heavy toll in the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. At least 39 were killed, and at least 31 were taken hostage ...

1 day ago · Now, both Israel and Thailand can celebrate the return of Thenna Pongsak, 36, Sathian Suwannakham, 35, Sriaoun Watchara, 33, Seathao Bannawat, 27, and Rumnao Surasak, 32. All of the freed Thai ...

1 day ago · Eight more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been released amid chaotic scenes as part of the ceasefire deal with Israel. Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were handed over to the Red Cross ...

23 hours ago · Israel names the five Thai hostages who have been handed over from the Red Cross to the IDF along with Israelis Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Mozes. The five Thai civilians, who were kidnapped on October ...

1 day ago · Neither Israel nor Hamas have named the Thai hostages due to be released on Thursday. Like the other 30,000 Thai farmworkers laboring in Israel before the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, Mr ...

Jun 10, 2024 · This April saw a record number of Israeli tourists in Thailand, with 24,243 traveling there. It was a 36-percent rise compared to last year. In the first four months of the year, 73,173 Israelis entered Thailand, according to data from the Israel branch of Thailand's tourism authority.

20 hours ago · In Thailand, families of hostages weep with joy upon news of their release from Gaza Pongsak Thenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao, Surasak Lamnau were working in Israeli ...