<p>Hamas official Hisham Qasem spouted a new propaganda talking point for the terrorist group this week, claiming that Hamas terrorists had kidnapped Thai nationals &#8220;for their own protection&#8221; during their October 7 attack on Israel.</p>
<p>Qasem&#8217;s remarks come after Hamas terrorists murdered 39 Thai nationals during their attack and took an unknown number hostage.</p>
<p>Qasem falsely claimed that the hostages were only &#8220;detainees&#8221; and that Israel was &#8220;shelling&#8221; houses located in the kibbutzes.</p>
<p>&#8220;[Turkey and Hamas] discussed the release of some of the [Thai] detainees,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As we said at the beginning of the October 7 operation, these [Thai nationals] were detained for their own protection, because on October 7, the forces of the Zionist army was shelling the houses with people inside – whether members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, [foreign] laborers, or even the Zionist inhabitants of those settlements.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gaza-hostages-thai-workers-qatar-iran-1e712be6ab4446574128f36a5c6130e8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last week that Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals as part of a temporary ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel as Israel seeks to gain the release of as many innocent civilians as possible.</p>
<p>&#8220;Thais were the single biggest group of foreigners taken hostage when Hamas took some 240 people during its Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel,&#8221; the AP said. &#8220;Thais working in Israel are mostly employed as semi-skilled farm laborers, at wages considerably higher than those at they can earn at home.&#8221;</p>
<p>Four of the Thai nationals who were released were not known by officials to have been taken hostage by Hamas — and officials believe at least 20 more Thai nationals remain hostage.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas Official Hisham Qasem Explains the Abduction of Thai Nationals to Gaza: We Detained Them for Their Own Safety Due to the Indiscriminate Israeli Shelling of the Area <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestinians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestinians</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thailand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Thailand</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hostages?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hostages</a> <a href="https://t.co/RwntylJev0">pic.twitter.com/RwntylJev0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1729095772644286715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>

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