Why were so many Thai nationals taken hostage by Hamas?

Why were so many Thai nationals taken hostage by Hamas?

[France24 Middle-East] - 01/31/2025

Five Thai farmers were released by Hamas on Thursday, meaning nearly all of the 31 Thai hostages seized during the October 7 attack on Israel have been freed. How did so many Thai nationals end up being taken hostage that day?



        e-mail

In Asian newspapers

A Letter to Myself Podcast: In cleaning their homes for 40 years, volunteer Fion Phua says the underprivileged help her
As a veteran volunteer, Fion Phua has seen some of the worst hoarding cases in Singapore. She tells Joel Chua why (…)
[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
Coroner warns against using carpooling services on Telegram after death of passenger in traffic accident
Mr Michael Ong Wee Siong, a passenger in a van driven by a unlicensed driver, died during a traffic accident.
[Channel NewsAsia] - 21/02/2025
Live: Netanyahu says Hamas will ‘pay’ for not returning body of Shiri Bibas as agreed
Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to make Hamas pay for handing over an unknown body and (…)
[France24 Middle-East] - 21/02/2025