Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo on Friday insisted that the ministry has been closely monitoring the situation of Thai labourers in the Eshkol region bordering the Gaza Strip after two were injured in a deadly clash between Gaza militants and Israeli forces on Thursday.
Pol Gen Adul said daily updates on the situation was being provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who was working to provide assistance to the labourers.
However, he said an evacuation was not yet necessary even though air strikes were continuing.
As for the two Thai nationals who were injured in the clash, Pol Gen Adul said both were out of danger.
Of the two workers, one was male, and the other female. The male worker sustained minor wounds, while, Chanpen Sae-jo, the female worker aged 30, was more badly injured after being hit in the stomach by shrapnel.
The woman underwent surgery at Soroka Medical Centre in Israel.
Pol Gen Adul said the government has contacted Ms Chanpen's family which later talked to her on the phone, adding he also instructed the Thai embassy in Israel to provide assistance for both the injured.
Gaza militants had earlier fired some 180 rockets and mortars into Israel, provoking Israeli air strikes in the enclave which killed three Palestinians, including a toddler.
According to Pol Gen Adul, around 20,000 Thai labourers are working in Israel, of whom 250 have been affected by the latest militant attack in their workplace of Talmei Yosef, a moshav (cooperative agricultural settlement) in southern Israel.
The settlement is located seven kilometres from the Gaza Strip.
Of the Thai workers there, 50 worked near the scene where a rocket landed.
Pol Gen Adul, however, said although bunkers were provided, they were not sufficient to accommodate all the workers. Therefore, more bomb shelters would be procured for the safety of labourers.
Meanwhile, the government said on Friday that the families of two Thai labourers who died in Israel recently from Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome (Sunds) would receive 200,000 baht in compensation.
