The Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, confirmed this Sunday the release of four others hostages Thais who were in the power of the Islamist group Hamaswithin the framework of the truce agreement with Israel.
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The prime minister reported that the release occurred at 11:50 p.m. on Saturday, Thai time (16:50 GMT), a day after ten other Thais were handed over by the Islamist group Hamas.
After several hours of delay that raised fears of a breach of the truce, Israel and Hamas This Saturday they carried out the second exchange of 13 Israeli hostages – in addition to the four Thais – for 39 Palestinian prisoners, repeating the pattern of the previous day.
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The Red Cross was responsible for transferring the 17 hostages from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through the Rafah crossing, where after a preliminary medical check-up, they were handed over to the Israeli security services, which took them to Kerem Shalom, a passage that connects Egypt with Israel.
The released Thais are part of the 30 citizens of this nationality (until yesterday it was thought that there were 26) held among the more than 240 people kidnapped by the armed wing of Hamas during its attack on Israel on October 7, which left a balance of about 1,200 deaths, including 39 Thais.
Since the beginning of the war between Israel and HamasThailand has sought different avenues to achieve the release of the captives, including a trip led by the head of Thai diplomacy to Egypt and Qatar and meetings in Iran of representatives of the Thai Government with members of the Islamist group.
Photo provided by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows a Thai migrant worker (R) released by the militant group Hamas receives a medical check-up at Shamir Medical Center in Tel Aviv. Photo: THAILAND MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS/EFE/EPA
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Some 30,000 Thais were in Israelincluding 5,000 employees around Loopat the time of the assault perpetrated by Hamasof which more than 10,000 have already returned, while others have chosen to stay in Israeli territory.
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This Friday the first truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect at 7:00 local time (5:00 GMT), after more than a month and a half of war, as part of an agreement for the release of 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners.
