When Thai farm labourer Anucha Angkaew scrambled out of the bunker where he had been sheltering from rockets on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip around 7:30 am on Oct. 7, he expected to see Israeli soldiers.
Instead, Anucha and his five Thai colleagues were accosted by 10 armed militants, whom he identified as Hamas by the Palestinian flags on their sleeves.
“We shouted, ‘Thailand, Thailand!’ But they didn’t care,” said Anucha, a soft-spoken 28-year-old with a wispy goatee, one of the only hostages to speak at length about the ordeal.
Two of the six Thais were killed soon after, including a friend who Anucha said
