Israel retrieves Thai hostage’s body

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Tel Aviv, Updated At : 02:36 AM Jun 08, 2025 IST

Israel said Saturday it had retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted into Gaza during the October 7, 2023 attack that sparked the war, as it continued its military offensive, killing at least 95 people in the past 24 hours, according to Gaza's health ministry.

The prime minister’s office said Nattapong Pinta’s body was returned to Israel in a special military operation. Pinta was seized from Kibbutz Nir Oz and killed early in the war, the government said.

He had come to Israel to work in agriculture. Thais were the largest foreign group held captive by Hamas.

Israel retrieves Thai hostage’s body

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