Middle East: Israeli army harbors the body of Thai Geisel

According to Israel’s military, the body of a Thai hostage has been recovered in an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. The remains of Natapong Pinta were found in a common special use of the military and the domestic secret service Schin Bet near Rafah in the south of the competitive coastal area and then brought to Israel, the army said near Telegram.

According to the army, Pinta was deployed alive on October 7, 2023 from the Kibbutz Nir Oz on the border to the Gaza Strip into the coastal strips. However, he was killed by members of the Palestinian Mujahedin brigades during his hostage.

Thanks to “precise intelligence information”, the salvage was possible. The family was informed after a forensic identification, according to the army. The forum of the hostage families announced: “Today we are on the side of Nattapong’s family and take part in their grief. Although the pain is immeasurable, his family will finally be certain after 20 terrible and excruciating months.”

Until the end it was unclear whether Pinta was still alive

Pinta worked until the devastating Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023 as a harvest at the Kibbutz Nir Oz. Israeli media reports, his family is currently in Thailand. Among all the hostages of Hamas and other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, Thailänder provided the largest group for people with Israeli citizenship. Until the end it was not clear whether Pinta was still alive.

There are still many hostages in the Gaza Strip. The forum of the hostage families called on the Israeli government to “do everything necessary to reach an agreement that brings back all 55 remaining hostages”. Every family of the still captured has “deserved certainty to start their personal healing process,” it said from the forum.

Only two days ago the military barg the corpses of two US Israeli hostages from the coastal area. They were also Gadi Chagai and Judy Weinstein Chagai from the Kibbutz Nir Oz. Their mortals were recovered in the area of ​​Chan Junis in southern Gazas.