Bangkok:
Four Thais have been killed in northern Israel by rocket fire from Lebanon, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Maris Sangiampongsa said in a post on social media platform
The head of the regional council in Metula said late on Thursday that five people were killed in the rocket attack from Lebanon, a local farmer and four foreign farm workers.
About 30,000 Thai nationals live in Israel, where salaries are much higher than in the Southeast Asian kingdom.
Thai nationals in Israel have been particularly hard hit since the war with Hamas began, with at least 39 deaths following the October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.
More than two dozen were believed to have been captured by militants during the attack.
During a brief ceasefire in November, 23 Thais were released from captivity.
The Israeli military has said two Thai nationals were killed in captivity in Gaza in May.
After more than eleven months of cross-border clashes that displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border, the Israeli army intensified airstrikes against Hezbollah in mid-September and later launched limited ground operations in southern Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Maris added: “Thailand continues to strongly urge all parties to return to the path of peace, on behalf of the innocent civilians seriously affected by this protracted and deepening conflict.
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