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Israel minister says body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza

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07-06-2025 | 04:01

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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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