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‘We never gave up’: tears and elation as freed Thai hostages return home from Gaza

Families in Bangkok welcomed back five released Thai hostages who were held in Gaza for over a year after being kidnapped by Hamas.
Families in Bangkok welcomed back five Thai hostages who were held in Gaza for over a year after being kidnapped by Hamas. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

The families of five Thai farm workers held hostage in Gaza for over a year wept with joy and hugged their loved ones as they arrived in Bangkok on Sunday.

The group smiled as they walked into the arrivals hall at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after being freed on 30 January as part of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Israel-Gaza war.

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