Thais injured in flare-up near Gaza
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Three Thai workers in Israel have been injured, two critically, as a result of fighting near the Gaza Strip, Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsap said yesterday.
Phadermchai said he had been informed by the Thai Embassy in Israel that fighting between Israeli forces and the military wing of Hamas at 7am Israeli time injured three Thai workers. Hamas is the Palestinian political group that controls the Gaza Strip.
The Thais were working on a farm when the fighting erupted. Two of them were seriously injured and all three were sent to hospital for treatment. They could be initially identified only by their first names: Suchan, Somsak and Sawat.
Phadermchai said he had asked the Thai ambassador to Israel to take care of the three workers.
He said the location where the three Thais were working was considered a “risk area” and the ministry had earlier warned workers to avoid it. However, some Thais were willing to take the risk because they would be paid more.
