Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katj says that Israel has reclaimed the body of Thai National during the Hamas -led attack in October 2023.
He said that the body of Nattapong Pinta was recovered during a special operation in Rafah area of ​​Southern Gaza on Friday. The 35 -year -old, working as an agricultural laborer in Southern Israel when he was kidnapped.
A military official of the Israeli said that Mr. Natapong is likely to be killed during his first months of imprisonment. Before the operation, it was not known whether he was dead or alive.
This comes after the Israeli army recovered the bodies of two Israeli Americans in Gaza earlier this week.
The military officer said that Mr. Natapong was a married father of a young son. He was working in Kibutz Neer Oz to support his family in Thailand when he was captured by a terrorist group named Mujahideen Brigade.
Israel defense forces said in a statement that the mission to recover his body was launched after information from “caught terrorist” interrogation.
After reports of his recovery on Saturday, the BBC tried to reach the wife of Mr. Nattapong. He did not respond to the call, but read back with a picture of his son crying with a picture.
The hostage and missing family forum campaign group stated that recovery comes after “20 terrible and destructive uncertain after”.
The group urged the Israeli government to reach an agreement with Hamas to free the remaining prisoners.
Shri Natapong is believed to have been abducted the last Shesha Thai National during the 7 October 2023 attack. There were five Thai hostages Earlier this year released during a ceasefire – They are all alive.
The Israeli army on Thursday recovered the bodies of an elderly couple, Judi and Gadi Haggai in Gajan city of Khan Younis.
According to the IDF, the couple was killed in the same kibutz and their bodies were also organized by the Mujahideen Brigade.
Israel launched a military operation in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led border-border attack about 20 months ago, killing around 1,200 people and 251 others were taken hostage.
Some 54 caught during the attack remain in captivity, in which 31 Israeli army says that they have died.
According to the health ministry of the region, at least 54,677 people have died in Gaza during the war.
