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Thai students return home amid escalating Israel-Hamas conflict

Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESRI) Adviser Pechdau Tohmeena. Photo taken from Bangkok Post.

Thirty-three Thai students, who had been in Israel amidst the escalating conflict with Hamas, safely arrived back in Thailand yesterday. They were part of a larger contingent of 244 Thai nationals who flew back on a special charter flight from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

The students, including 30 from the Princess of Naradhiwas University and the rest from Sakonnakhon Rajabhat University, had been residing in Israel as part of a training programme at the Arava International Centre for Agricultural Training in Sapir, a community settlement in the nation’s southern region. Their location was approximately 100 kilometres away from the areas of intense conflict.

However, not all students made it back, as 82 of their Thai classmates had not completed…

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