Five Thai hostages have been released after 15 months of captivity in the Gaza Strip.
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A crowd surrounds Red Cross cars as they arrive at the site for the handover of Thai and Israeli hostages in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025. In this image released by Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv, five Thai hostages who were freed from Hamas pose for a picture with Thai Ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya, center, in Israel, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. From left to right: Bannawat Saethao, Surasak Rumnao, Watchara Sriaoun, Pannabha Chandraramya, Sathian Suwannakham and Pongsak Thaenna.
Two Thai captives, who has been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023, are escorted by Hamas fighters as they are handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday Jan. 30, 2025. Dozens of Israeli doctors, nurses and representatives from Israel and Thailand waved flags, sang and cheered Thursday as the five Thai hostages stepped off a military helicopter and entered a hospital outside Tel Aviv, where they will spend a few days undergoing medical tests and recuperating.Besides Sarusak, Watchara Sriaoun, 33, Sathian Suwannakham, 35, Pongsak Thaenna, 36, and Bannawat Saethao, 27, were released in Thursday's exchange.
Dr. Osnat Levzion-Korach, the director of Shamir Medical Center outside Tel Aviv where the five were taken, said they were in “fair” health, though most were held underground and were not exposed to sunlight for extended periods of time. She said they did not appear to be malnourished and credited their young age with helping them survive captivity in fairly good physical shape.
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