The Thai agricultural worker killed in the Iranian missile strike in Moshav Adanim has been identified in Israeli media as 34-year-old Chaiwat Vallnil, who arrived in Israel about 10 months ago to work in agriculture and left behind a wife in Thailand. Reuters earlier reported that a foreign worker was killed in Adanim during the same barrage. 

Local officials said the victim was a newly married young man who came to Israel “with hope for a better life” and instead was killed in one of the war’s latest strikes on central Israel. The attack underscores a brutal reality that foreign laborers, especially in agriculture, remain exposed to the same missile threat facing Israeli communities. 

Thai labor authorities said their embassy in Tel Aviv is coordinating assistance for the family, repatriation of the body, and the benefits process. Before the post–October 7 disruption, roughly 30,000 Thai workers were employed in Israel’s agriculture sector, making them one of the country’s largest migrant labor forces.