In the wake of the attack, some 7,000 returned home, primarily on government evacuation flights, but higher wages have continued to attract new arrivals. Thai ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya said Thursday that there are now more than 38,000 Thai workers in the country.

Three Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals held by Hamas in Gaza since the 7 October 2023 have been released. Agam Berger, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier, was reunited with her family at a military base in southern Israel after being handed over by armed Palestinian fighters to the Red Cross in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Thursday.

Five Thai hostages released by Hamas arrive at an Israeli hospital:::: Beer Yaakov, IsraelThree more Thai nationals are being held in Gaza, two of them have been declared deceased.More than 250 hostages were abducted in the Hamas attack in Israel,