Remains of last Thai hostage in Gaza returned, Israeli officials confirm

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Ceasefire first phase The return of all the hostages is an essential element of the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began in October, which both Hamas and Israel have accused the other of breaking.
47% : In exchange, Israel has released the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians to Gaza.
46% : Since the October 10 start of the ceasefire, 20 living hostages and the remains of 27 others have been returned to Israel.
45% : The remains that militants in Gaza handed to Israel as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal were those of a Thai agricultural worker, Israeli and Thai officials said on Thursday (December 4, 2025).
38% : In exchange, Israel has been releasing Palestinian prisoners.
36% : The war began with the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 others were taken hostage.
35% : Also Read | Gaza health officials say over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war so far Rinthalak was an agricultural worker who had been employed at Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the hardest-hit communities in the attack.
34% : It has continued to rise since the ceasefire took effect October 10 because Israel still carries out strikes in response to what it has called violations of the truce, and bodies from earlier in the war are being recovered from the rubble.
23% : Israeli officials said the 42-year-old Thai was killed on October 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led attack in Israel that triggered the Israel-Hamas war, and that his body was taken by the militant group Islamic Jihad.

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