Nattapong Pinta was captured alive and was likely killed during the first months of captivity, the Israeli military says.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, as it continues its military offensive across the strip, killing at least 95 people in the past 24 hours, according to Gaza's health ministry.

Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped and taken into Gaza on October 7, 2023.The country’s prime minister’s office said on Saturday that the body of Thai citizen Nattapong Pinta was returned to Israel in a special military operation.