Nattapong Pinta was taken hostage and later killed by members of a small militant group in Gaza, the Israeli military said.

Israel said Saturday it had retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted to Gaza during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war against Hamas. The prime minister’s office said Nattapong Pinta's body was returned to Israel in a special military operation.

The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage who had been held in Gaza since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday, as Israeli airstrikes killed 55 people,