More than half the estimated 220 hostages held by Palestinian group Hamas have foreign passports from 25 different countries, including two Filipinos, according to figures from the Israeli government on Wednesday.
JERUSALEM — In providing updated figures, the government also said 328 people from 40 countries were confirmed as dead or missing after the surprise Oct. 7 attack by Hamas fighters on southern Israel. In all, an estimated 1,400 people were killed in the assault. Israel said 138 of the hostages had foreign passports, including 54 Thai nationals, 15 Argentinians, 12 Germans, 12 Americans, six French and six Russians.
There was also one Chinese hostage, one Sri Lankan, two from Tanzania and two from the Philippines. Thais also made up the largest single group of foreign dead and missing, with 24 confirmed killed and 21 unaccounted for. Thailand is one of the largest sources of migrant workers in Israel, with around 30,000 working in the agriculture sector, according to government data.
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