More charter flights to evacuate Thais from Israel

Additional charter flights have been arranged for today and tomorrow to evacuate Thais from Israel. The embassy in Tel Aviv is urging Thais to report to the evacuation centre, at a hotel in the Israeli capital, if they want to be repatriated.

Earlier, the Thai Foreign Ministry had said that no more charter flights would be arranged, after the last evacuation flight on Wednesday, unless there are enough evacuees to justify additional flights.

Meanwhile, Labour Permanent Secretary Pairoj Chotikasathien said that he has learned, from the Israeli ambassador in Thailand, that there are about 60 unidentified people of Asian origin who have been killed in Israel and it is unknown whether there are any Thais among them.

To date, 8,602 Thais, including some students, have been repatriated, he said, adding that about 15,000 Thai workers are still in Israel and about 5,000 in Gaza.

He also…