Body of Thai hostages kidnapped in Gaza on October 7 is recovered in a special military operation, says Israel

Israel says that he has recovered the body of a hostage hostage kidnapped and taken to Gaza on October 7, 2023, while his Military offensive On the other side of the strip, killing at least 22 people during the night, according to health officials.

The prime minister’s office said on Saturday that Thai citizen’s body Nattapong Pinta was returned to Israel in a special military operation. Pinta had come to Israel to work in agriculture. He had a wife and son.

Pinta was kidnapped by Kibbutz Nir Oz and murdered in captivity near the beginning of the war, the government said. His body was recovered from the Rafah area, said Israel’s Minister of Defense.

Israel said he found Pinta’s body based on the information received from the hosage force and military intelligence. The army said he was taken to Gaza by the Mujahideen brigades, the small armed group that, he said, had also kidnapped and killed. Shiri Bibas and their two young children.

A statement from the Hostage Forum, which supports the hostages, said he meets the family of painting and shares his pain. He asked the country’s decision makers to bring home the remaining hostages and give those who died an adequate burial.

The Thai were the largest group of captivity by Hamas militants. Many of the Thai agricultural workers lived in compounds on the outskirts of the South Israeli Kibbutzim and the cities, and the militants of Hamas invade those places first. A total of 46 Thai have been killed during the conflict, according to the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Before the body of Pinta was recovered, three Thai hostages remained in captivity and two were confirmed dead. Pinta’s fate was uncertain until today, according to the Hostage Forum.

Fifty -five hostages remain In Gaza, of which Israel says that more than half are dead.

This comes two days after Bodies of two Israeli American hostages They were recovered. Judith Weinstein and Gad Haggai had been killed on October 7, and their bodies taken to Gaza. They had also lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz, News themezone previously reported. They had also been taken to Gaza by the Mujahideen brigades.

The recovery of Pinta’s body occurs when Israel continues its military campaign through Gaza. Hospital officials said they received the bodies of almost two dozen people on Saturday.

Four strikes arrived at the Muwasi area in southern Gaza between Rafah and Khan Younis. In northern Gaza, a strike hit an apartment, killing seven people, including a mother and five children. Their bodies were taken to the Shifa hospital.

Israel said on Saturday that he is responding to the “barbaric attacks” of Hamas and is dismantling his abilities. He said that international law follows and takes all feasible precautions to mitigate civil damage.

The militants led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the attack of October 7 and kidnapped 251 hostages. They still have 55 hostages, around a third of them that are believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in high -fire or other agreements. Israeli forces have rescued eight live hostages from Gaza and recovered dozens of bodies.

Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. The offensive has destroyed large parts of Gaza and displaced around 90% of its population of approximately 2 million Palestinians.

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