About 30,000 Thais were working in Israel when the war started, according to the Thai Foreign Ministry, the vast majority in agriculture.
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00:00Five Thai hostages released after being held in Gaza for more than a year have returned
00:07to Bangkok.
00:08They were recently released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.
00:13The five men were among 31 Thai agricultural workers taken hostage on October 7, 2023.
00:21They were living on the outskirts of southern Israeli towns, which Hamas overran first.
00:26Thousands of Thai nationals live and work on Israeli farms following a bilateral agreement
00:31between Thailand and Israel made a decade ago.
00:34Forty-six Thai workers have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and
00:38one Thai captive still remains in Gaza.