WorldPosted at: Dec 4 2025 2:42PM


Hamas has one remaining hostage body to return to Israel

Jerusalem, Dec 4 (UNI/SPUTNIK) The remains of a killed hostage, Thai citizen Sudthisak Rinthalak, have been returned to Israel from Gaza, meaning only one body from among the more than 250 hostages abducted by the Palestinian movement Hamas remains in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday.
"Following the completion of the identification process by the National Center of Forensic Medicine, in cooperation with the Israel Police and the IDF Rabbinate, the Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing, and IDF and Ministry of Foreign Affairs representatives informed the family of fallen hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak, of blessed memory, that their loved one has been returned to Israel and that his identification has been completed," the statement read.
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