Thailand will resume sending agricultural workers to Israel this week after an eight-month hiatus, according to the country’s Labour Ministry, with a target of more than 10,000 of its citizens working there by the end of the year, Al Jazeera reports.

The first group of about 100 workers is scheduled to fly out from the capital Bangkok on Tuesday, followed by another group in early July.

About 30,000 Thai labourers had been working in Israel’s agriculture sector — one of the largest migrant worker groups in the country — before October 7.

Thirty-nine Thais were killed and another 32 were taken captive when Hamas fighters attacked Israel on October 7, according to the Thai government. Six are believed to still be in captivity.