Bangkok, The Prime Minister is preparing to sit at the head of the table at the meeting of the Operations Center for Assistance to Thais in Israel tomorrow. To coordinate with airlines to evacuate 400 people per day according to the target, the "spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" confirmed that Thai workers are not the target of Hamas. Delay in bringing the deceased's body back to Thailand Because it takes a long time to prove your identity.
Mrs. Kanchana Phattharachoke, Director-General of the Department of Information and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press conference on the situation in Israel Stating that the situation is still severe. We are concerned about Israeli entry into ground space. After Israel announced the evacuation of civilians from the northern Gaza Strip within 24 hours, the number of evacuees was very small. Hamas has declared this to be a psychological war. I want people to stay where they are. It is a matter that all parties keep an eye on. And from the situation, it was found that both sides lost many military personnel and civilians. I would like to express my condolences.
Recently, the Israeli army Revealed that it had sent troops into the Gaza Strip. Close to the Israeli border to try to find the hostages through the search coordinator for hostages and missing persons The Israeli government has revealed that the Israeli government is now making diplomatic efforts to extract the hostages. But now that we are in a state of war, any action is difficult and takes time. There are reports that Israel is in the process of negotiating the delivery of supplies to the hostages. But there is still no guarantee that Hamas will accept it.
As for the progress affecting Thai people in the area, we must express our condolences. Because this morning we received notification from the Israeli authorities that 3 more Thai people have died, making a total of 24 dead, 2 more injured, making a total of 16 people, and 16 people who have been captured.
In the matter of bringing the deceased's body back to their hometown. Israeli official Still confirm that it takes time. The embassy contacted the company manager at the Israeli official. Assigned to manage the bodies of deceased foreigners to request that various processes be expedited to transport the corpse back to its hometown The manager stated that he was well aware of the importance of speeding up the process. But there were many corpses of foreigners. But promised to try to proceed as soon as possible. And the Israeli authorities will be responsible for all costs of repatriating the deceased's body to their homeland. Therefore, we would like to inform the relatives of the deceased that there must be a process, especially identity verification. Normally, Israeli authorities take up to 7 days to verify identity under normal circumstances. But in times of war, it will take even more time.
As for evacuation, this is the time when the Fly Dubai airline plane is about to take off to bring Thai people to U-Tapao Airport. It will make a stopover in Dubai. and will arrive at U-Tapao tomorrow (Oct. 15) at approximately 7:25 a.m. where there will be the Governor of Rayong Province and representatives of the Navy waiting to welcome them. The arriving workers will travel to SC PARK Hotel, Bangkok. It is expected to arrive at 10:00 a.m. Relatives can be there to receive them.
As for the number of people who plan to return on this flight, there are 100 people. 1 hour before the scheduled departure time, there are 91 people waiting to board the plane. We will have to wait and see if more people will travel or not. But initially, 2 people changed their minds and reported their desire to stay. Another number were on their way to the airport.
Mrs. Kanchana also revealed that tomorrow (Oct. 15) the embassy will evacuate Thai people by Air Force plane. It will depart Tel Aviv at 1:00 p.m. and arrive at Military Airport 2 (Bo. 6) on October 16 at 4:40 a.m., totaling 137 people.
There are also efforts to find many more special flights to try to evacuate 400 Thai people per day, and at the Emergency Situation Center meeting today. They discussed plans to find additional airlines to be able to evacuate Thai workers as intended. The next day, there will be Thai workers returning with Israel Airlines, expected to be 250 people, and the government will arrange special flights. of the Thai Army and Thai Airways flying to receive them continuously
Temporary shelters in Israel The Thai Embassy in Israel has reserved a new hotel. To be a temporary shelter, it is at the David InterContinental Tel Aviv Hotel. Initially, 100 rooms have been reserved, and there are some Thai people at the embassy helping with the evacuation. Already stayed in this center
For those who returned to Thailand yesterday, 56 people returned to their hometowns safely. While the overall picture of those wishing to return now has 7,058 people, the embassy is currently investigating. Because some parts fill out duplicate information Some wish to stay.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also revealed that Tomorrow at 4:00 p.m., Prime Minister Settha Thavisin will come to preside over a meeting at the Emergency Situation Coordination Center. at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs To follow up on the work of all agencies that the Prime Minister gives importance to and closely monitor the situation of helping Thai people.
In the case of some Thai workers It was revealed that Hamas spoke Thai. to trick them out of hiding And understands that Thai people may be the target. Mrs. Kanchana confirmed that Thai people are not a special target. But because it is a war situation There will be arrests of Israelis. or people of different nationalities I would like to emphasize that Thai people are not the target. and from listening to information Foreigners are unlikely to be the primary target of attacks.
As for the Hamas group, it was revealed that 13 hostages were killed in Israeli airstrikes. Are there any Thai people who died or not? Mrs. Kanchana stated that from following the news, the names have not yet been revealed. So I still don't know who there is. I hope there are no Thai people. But no matter what nation it is, we don't want any loss.
As for the event that Israel will carry out additional ground operations, will it have an impact on the Thai people and those who have been captured or not? Mrs. Kanchana stated that in terms of conducting military operations on the ground It will affect everyone in that area. It is speculated that hostages were captured and scattered in various underground tunnels. Everyone is worried. From following the news, we know that the US and United Nations officials Tried to ask Israel to delay operations. Because evacuating millions of people in 24 hours is impossible and there are very few people who actually evacuate.
Source: Thai News Agency