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When Thai farm labourer Anucha Angkaew scrambled out of the bunker where he had been sheltering from rockets on Israel border with the Gaza Strip around 7.30 am on Oct. 7, he expected to see Israeli soldiers. Instead, Anucha and his five Thai colleagues were accosted by 10 armed militants, whom he identified as Hamas by the Palestine flags on their sleeves.We shouted Thailand, Thailand ;, said Anucha, a soft-spoken 28-year-old with a wispy goatee. But they didn ;t care. Two of the six Thais were killed soon after, including a friend who Anucha said was shot dead in front of him in a random act of violence. The rest were forced on to a truck for a roughly 30 minute ride into Gaza.Anucha first-person account offers a glimpse into what many hostages endured 鈥?and some continue to endure. He described sleeping on a sandy floor and beatings by Hamas captors, who he said singled out Israelis for especially brutal treatment.Story continues below this adTo keep their hopes up, the four Thai men relied on chess games on a makeshift board, memories of family and craving for Thai food. Few of
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Rescuers carry the people who got injured in an avalanche at a ski resort in Nasu, Tochigi prefecture. Source: AP Eight Japanese high school students were presumed dead after being caught in an avalanche Monday while being trained in mountain climbing at a ski resort, authorities and media said.The avalanche occurred in the town of Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, about 190 kilometers 120 miles north of Tokyo. Forty other people were injured, including tw
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