Israel minister says body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza
Israel's defense minister said on Saturday that Israeli forces retrieved from the Gaza Strip the body of a Thai national taken hostage during Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack.
Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that "following a special operation" in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, the body of Nattapong Pinta, "who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, was returned to Israel."
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