Six more Thai hostages back home from Gaza, says its foreign ministry

Owat Suriyasri a Thai hostage who was freed from Hamas, center, hugs his wife Kanyarat Suriyasri on the arrival at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Twenty-three Thai hostages kidnapped by Hamas in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel have been freed so far, and Thailand's foreign ministry says nine remain in captivity in Gaza. There were about 30,000 Thai overseas workers in Israel, mostly in the agricultural sector, but more than 8,000 have returned home since the attack. - AP

BANGKOK (Reuters): A second group of Thai hostages who were released by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip were brought home on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Families of the six Thai farmer workers rushed to hug their loved ones at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.