2 Dead, 8 Injured in Hamas Missile Attack, Casualties of Thai Workers Receive State Compensation from Israel
Thai Labor Minister Suchart Chomklin said on 19 May that Israel will pay state compensation to the families of the Thai workers who were killed and eight injured in a missile attack on the 18th.
According to the Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv, the Hamas group fired a rocket from the Gaza Strip at Israel’s Eshkol town, located 14 kilometers away, at 2:35 p.m. local time Tuesday. The attack killed two Thai workers at a produce packing plant and injured eight others. One of them was seriously injured and required surgery.
Suchart said, “According to the Israel National Insurance Institute, workers who are injured or disabled from 10 to 19 percent will receive a one-time compensation of 150,000 shekels (about 1.5 million baht, or about 296,000 yuan).” “If the degree of disability exceeds 20%, a monthly compensation of 6,000 shekels (about 60,000 baht, about 12,000 yuan) is paid until death.”
In the event of death while at work, the victim’s wife receives 60% of the 6,000 shekels per month compensation (about 36,000 baht/month, or about 7,200 RMB) until she remarries. The victim’s children receive 10-20% of the 6,000 shekels per month until they turn 18, or about 6,000-12,000 baht per month, which is equivalent to 1,200-2,400 yuan per month.
“Most importantly in addition to this, the Thai Ministry of Labor’s fund for overseas Thai workers will pay 30,000 baht for medical expenses for each injured person, while the family of the deceased will receive 40,000 baht in compensation and 40,000 baht in funeral allowance.” Suchart added.
The Thai Ministry of Labor announced the deceased as Weerawat Karanborirak, 44, from Phetchabun province, and Sikharin Sa-ngamrum, 24, from Buriram province.
The news sparked a lively debate among mainland netizens, with the number of comments exceeding 100,000 in just a short time.
One of the most supportive comments from netizens was “What is civilized, this is civilized”. As of this writing, 16,254 people have expressed support for it.
The second most popular comment was “It’s worthy of a righteous country”.
Others said, “Our country has received compensation from the Israeli state for those who were killed by terrorists in Israel.
Some even said what many people were thinking, “No comparison, no harm. There were 6,072 supporters.
One netizen shared an incident, saying, “Some years ago, two Fujianese smuggled into Israel to work as black workers and unfortunately died in the local war. The Israeli government tried every possible way to find the identity of the deceased and their families, but because they were smugglers, the embassy did not provide any assistance.
Finally, the families of the two deceased were found and a one-time compensation of $700,000 each was agreed upon. At this point, the government intervened, and after difficult negotiations with the families, the two families ended up with $160,000 each”, the netizen said sarcastically at the end, “Thanks to the government! “
The embassy he refers to here, which did not provide any assistance, is the Chinese embassy in Israel, and when Israel wanted to pay the families of the two Fujianese $700,000, the Chinese government, which was standing by, stepped in and started to work with the families, reducing the $700,000 to $160,000. No wonder the netizen ended up sarcastically saying “thank you to the government”. This comment was supported by 5738 netizens.
After that, in addition to some netizens also said “I am reminded of the compensation for the accidental death of a stowaway from Fujian, China in Israel”, “the Jewish brother did a beautiful job on this point”, and some said “Israel is one of the greatest countries “.
There were also several conversations among netizens, which were unbearable.
Underneath the first comment “What is civilized, this is civilized”, which was supported by more than 10,000 users, someone said, “Can you lick this? Give money to kill people? “
This comment, provoked the emotions of another netizen, he disliked back, “This can also spray [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]? The brains are sprayed out? No brains? Hamas killed the Israeli compensation! You can even spray? “, a retort that garnered the support of more than 3,000 netizens.
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