Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on October 7, 2023, as it continues its military offensive across the strip, killing at least 22 people overnight, according to health officials.

The prime minister's office said that the body of Thai citizen Nattapong Pinta had been returned to Israel in a special military operation.

Pinta was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz and killed in captivity near the start of the war, said the government.

This comes two days after the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages were retrieved . Fifty-five hostages remain in Gaza, of whom Israel says more than half are dead.

The defence minister said that Pinta's body was retrieved from the Rafah area. He had come to Israel from Thailand to work in agriculture.

The army s

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