The body of the last Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta has been recovered from the Gaza Strip on Friday, during a special operation conducted by the IDF and ISA, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed in a statement on Saturday.
"The operation was made possible by precise intelligence obtained from an ISA interrogation of a terrorist, along with intelligence received from the Hostage Task Force and the IDF Intelligence Directorate," a joint IDF and ISA statement.
Identification of Pinta's body was carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in cooperation with the Israel Police, the Hostage Task Force of the IDF's Manpower Directorate, the statement added.
The Thai Embassy updated Pinta's family on the situation in coordination with the Defense Intelligence Agency.
"Together with all the citizens of Israel, we extend our condolences to Pinta's family and the Thai people," the PMO statement said.
"We will not rest or be silent until we return all of our hostages home – both the living and the dead."
"The IDF and ISA will continue to make all efforts possible to bring home all the hostages," the organizations said in their statement.
Pinta was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and died in captivity close to the beginning of the war.
Five Thai nationals who were kidnapped and held hostage in Gaza were released from captivity in January 2025. At that time Pinta was believed to be alive. The free Thai captives were working in agriculture in the areas surrounding the Gaza Strip at the time of their capture.
