Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its attack on Israel have returned home after their release from captivity last month.

Hamas gunmen killed more than 40 Thais and kidnapped 31 Thai laborers during the Oct. 7 attack, some of whom died in captivity, Bangkok said.

Thais were, after Israelis, the nationality most affected by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack, with nearly 40 farm workers killed and almost as many captured.