A heartbroken mother awaits the return of the body."Chaiwat Waewnil"A Thai worker who died amid the fighting."Middle East war" shocks; revealsher son had worked in Israel for eight months. A friend recounted the moment he went to the restroom and thenthe bomb shelterwas unreachable in time.
Regarding the fighting in the Middle East on the night of 18 March 2026, which caused the death of one Thai worker, later identified as Mr. Chaiwat Waewnil from Chaiyaphum province, aged about 33.The Ministry of Labourhas announced measures to support rights and benefits in the caseof a Thai workerwho died in Israel due to the Middle East conflict, as previously reported.The Ministry of Labourhas revealed support measures for rights and benefitsof the Thai workerwho died in Israel.)
Today, 20 March 2026, reporters visited the home of Mr. Chaiwat Waewnil, also known as Miao, the deceased Thai worker. They met Mrs. Poonsri Waewnil, 72, his mother, who told reporters that before the incident and her son's death, she had raised two children, with the deceased being the youngest. Before going to work in Israel, her son was married and his wife lived in Nong Bua Lamphu province.
In the village where her son's wife lived, many people had gone to work in Israel, so they encouraged each other to go. She forbade her son, but he said he had prepared his passport and completed the necessary documents, ready to depart for work. Her son had been working in Israel for about eight months beforethiswar broke out.
A friend in Israel told her that her son got up from bed to use the restroom but did not make it back to the bomb shelter in time. While he was using the restroom, a bomb exploded, killing him instantly. Before this, she had a premonition something would happen to her family because she had chest pain and couldn't eat for several days before learning of her son's death. Authorities have since visited and are preparing to bring her son's body back to hold religious rites at a temple in Khon San district, Chaiyaphum province.