In memory of 77 migrants murdered on October 7, 2023, and during the Iron Swords war

On October 7, approximately 5,000 migrants were living in the Gaza border communities: labor migrants working in the construction, agriculture, and domestic care sectors; participants in the agricultural internship program; and asylum seekers. Among those murdered that day were 71 migrants from Thailand, Nepal, China, the Philippines, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Moldova, Eritrea, and Sudan. During the subsequent war, six migrant workers from Thailand and India were killed in the north of the country. All the migrants came to Israel either with the hope of providing for themselves and their families or to study, and to give themselves a better future. Instead, their lives ended brutally, far away from their homes and families.

The remains of Bipin Joshi, a student from Nepal who was kidnapped on October 7, were returned to Israel on October 14, 2025.

The remains of Thai national Sonthaya Oakkharasri, the father of a 7-year-old daughter who was working in the greenhouses of Kibbutz Be’eri, were returned to Israel on October 18, 2025.

At the time of writing, the bodies of two migrants remain in the hands of Hamas – Joshua Mollel, an agricultural student from Tanzania, and Sudthisak Rinthalak, a migrant worker from Thailand.

All the migrants left behind families, loved ones, and a whole life that will never again be complete.

Braha Woldo | Wan Zhishun | Gusaram Apichart | Sae Wang Nitikorn | Gebrehiyat Goyitom | Zhiguo Liu | Homsorn Settha / Srettha | Saethao Thawatchai Mtenga Clemence Felix | Zou Deli | Jantharasena Jakkaphong | Saeyang Somchai Boscov Petru | Ratnayaka Mudiyanselage Anula | Khotmee Saksit | Sanusan Chairat Bhandari Prabesh | Yatawara Sujith Nissanka Band | Khunsree Pongsatorn | Seayang Dua Bist Dipesh | Aguirre Angelyn | Klangsuwan Theerapong | Sophakun Anucha Chaudhary Ashish | Alacre Loreta | Kusaram Phongthep | Srithat Kawao Dhami Lokendra Singh | Cabrera Grace | Najan Phichit | Suchat Phongphat | Nepali Ganesh Kumar | Castelvi Paul Vincent | Pankitvanitjaroen Sarayuth | Surakhai Sakda Neupane Narayan Prasad | Pansa-Ard Somkhoun | Tamkang Parinya Phulara Rajan | Oudom Chan | Patee Kiatisak | Thanonphim Phirun Sah Aanand | Phetrkaeo Arnan | Tholaeng Phithak Swarnkar Rajesh Kumar | Aranthit Kaison | Phiaaia Sattawat | Thumyoma Kraisorn Thapa Padam | Cae Lee Tou | Pinjai Nanthawat | Wisetdonwai Wutthipat Abdalla Adam | Champasim Saksit | Pongkhruea Paphonthanai | Yotthongdee Tianchai Cao Yongcai | Chatdumdee Jaroon | Prakotwong Thanakrit | Joshua Loitu Mollel Liu Jianhe | Dachtuyawat Bancha | Ritthiphon Meechai | Oakkharasri Sonthaya Shi Zhenhong | Diawtmaisong Jakkapan | Ruksanon Chaiya | Rinthalak Sudthisak