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Held Hostage in Gaza, a Thai Worker’s Prayers for Freedom Come True

A Thai farmworker clung to hope during her nearly 50 days of captivity in Gaza by befriending a young Israeli girl and dreaming of reuniting with her boyfriend, who had also been abducted.


Photographed for The New York Times 


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/world/asia/thailand-hostages-gaza-hamas.html