Israeli emergency services said Friday that an anti-tank missile fired into northern Israel killed a Thai agricultural worker, while the army confirmed that two people were hurt in a strike from Lebanon.
Since the October 7, 2023, incident, Israel has been fighting Hezbollah since the Iran-backed militant group began carrying out cross-border strikes from Lebanon in support of its Palestinian allies Hamas.
Thai nationals in Israel have been particularly hard hit since the start of the war with Hamas, with at least 39 killed as a result of the October 7 attack on southern Israel.
More than two dozen are believed to have been captured by militants during the attack. During a brief November truce, 23 Thais were released from captivity. The Israeli army said two Thai nationals had died in captivity in Gaza in May.
About 30,000 Thai nationals live in Israel, where salaries are much higher than in the Southeast Asian kingdom. After over 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 its air strikes against Hezbollah in mid-September and later launched limited ground operations in southern Lebanon.
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