Thailand: Three Israelis brutally assaulted in antisemitic attack

Israeli tourists hospitalized after being beaten by Arabs with French citizenship during antisemitic assault on Thai island of Ko Samui.

By World Israel News Staff

Three Israeli Jews were violently assaulted in an antisemitic brawl in a popular tourist hotspot in Thailand this week.

The attack occurred on Monday night while the Israeli tourists were at a bar on the Thai island of Koh Samui.

At one point, a group of French tourists of North African origin heard the Israelis speaking Hebrew and confronted them, saying, “You are Israelis.”

The French nationals chased the Israelis, who sought refuge in the bathroom after they were unable to flee out a back door.

However, the assailants broke down the door and brutally assaulted them, demanding they hand over everything they had in their pockets.

After the assault, two Israeli women present at the bar assisted the victims, calling for help and aiding them in filing a police report on the attack.

During the pursuit and the ensuing assault, the perpetrators shouted “Kill all the Jews” in Arabic while accusing the victims of being IDF soldiers, the sister of one of the victims told Israel’s Channel 12, adding that security guards working at the bar joined the assailants in beating the Israeli men.

Her brother suffered serious injuries during the assault.

“His ribs, teeth, and vertebrae were broken,” she said, adding that his insurance company and the Israeli Embassy in Thailand are working to have him flown back to Israel as soon as possible.

The three young men are friends who traveled to Thailand for a vacation, she added, noting that her brother managed to call their mother while he was trying to escape through a back door.

“My mother saw everything,” she said.