Israel identifies the remains of the penultimate hostage in the Gaza Strip, a Thai

Rinthalak, who was 43 when he was kidnapped, immigrated to Israel from Thailand in 2017 to work in agriculture and was employed on farms in the border region of Gaza.

It was there where he was kidnapped along with other workers on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its attacks on Israeli territory that left 1,200 dead and 251 captive.

The office of Netanyahu He explained that the procedures for his return and burial in Thailand will begin.

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“The Israeli Government shares the deep sorrow of the Rinthalak family, the Thai people and all the families of the deceased kidnapped,” he stated.

Over the body of the last hostage left in GazaNetanyahu’s office added that “Hamas must fulfill its obligations to the mediators and return it within the framework of the implementation of the agreement.”

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, for his part, sent his condolences in a message to the King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), to the family of Sudthisak Rinthalak and all the Thai people.

“I also express my gratitude to the Thai community in Israel, which continues to contribute greatly to our country,” he added.

Since the ceasefire agreement in Gaza sponsored by the US president came into force on October 10, Donald Trumpthe Islamist group Hamas has handed over the 20 hostages who were still alive in the Strip and 47 of the 48 bodies of the deceased captives.

When Hamas hands over the last deceasedthe so-called first phase of the agreement will be considered completed and the second will begin, which will address the disarmament of the Islamist group, the implementation of a technocratic government for the Strip and other aspects of the truce.

Since its entry into force, the Israeli Army has withdrawn to the agreement’s known yellow line, which encompasses more than half of the Palestinian territory and which, according to Gazan authorities, has been widening.

Meanwhile, humanitarian aid in Gazawhose entry is controlled by Israel, has not yet reached the agreed levels and its more than two million people continue to live in a devastated enclave with inhumane conditions, hundreds of thousands of them in tents before the arrival of winter.