‘I just want my son’: families of Thai workers in Israel face painful wait for news
Thai government says it believes 11 of its nationals have been taken hostage by Hamas, and 18 killed
There was no answer when Kanjana Patee’s family called her brother’s phone on Sunday, the morning after Hamas’s attack on Israel. Each time that they have tried to ring since, the line has been completely dead. “It’s so hard for us not to know – did he get captured, did he run away, what happened to him?” says Kanjana.
Many in Thailand are, like Kanjana, desperately waiting for news of loved ones who remain missing in Israel. Thailand is one of the biggest sources of migrant workers to the country, and the Thai government has said it believes 11 of its nationals are among those taken hostage, and that 18 were killed.