A corpse of the Thai hostility that was recovered from Gaza, Israel says

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says that Israel has recovered the body of a Thai citizen who was cut off during the Hamas -led attack in October 2023.

He said that the body of Nattapong Pinta was retrieved during a special operation in the RAFAH area in southern Gaza on Friday. The 35 -year -old was working as an agricultural worker in southern Israel when he was kidnapped.

An Israeli military official said that it is possible that Mr. Natabong was likely to have been killed during his first months of families. Before the operation, it was not known if he had died or alive.

This comes after the Israeli army regained the bodies of two Israeli Americans in Gaza earlier this week.

The military official said that Mr. Natabong was the married father of a young son. He worked in Kibbutz nir oz to support his family in Thailand when he was arrested by a militant group called the Mujahideen Brigades.

The Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement that the task of recovering his body was launched after information from the interrogation of “a terrorist”.

After reports of his recovery on Saturday, BBC tried to communicate with Mr. Natabong’s wife. She did not answer the call, but she sent a message to a picture of her son crying.

The group of hostages and hostages forum said that the recovery comes after “20 terrible and painful months of devastating uncertainty.”

The group urged the Israeli government to reach an agreement with Hamas to liberate the remaining prisoners.

Mr. Natabong is believed to be the last remaining Thai citizen who was kidnapped during October 7, 2023. five Thai hostages were It was released during the ceasefire earlier this year – All of them are alive.

The Israeli army regained the bodies of the elderly couple, Judy and Jadi Hagai, in Khan Yunis in Ghazan on Thursday.

The couple was killed in the same Kibbutz, and their bodies were held by the Mujahideen brigades, according to the IDF Federation.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the cross -border attack, led by Hamas, nearly 20 months ago, as about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.

About 54 who were arrested during the families attack, including 31 Israeli army, still says they died.

At least 54,677 people were killed in Gaza during the war, according to the Ministry of Health in the region.