Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The body of a Thai agricultural worker held hostage in Gaza for nearly 800 days has been returned to Israel, the Israeli government said Thursday.
The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a statement that the family of Sudthisak Rinthalak, 42, had been informed of the return of his remains.
Rinthalak, who has been an agricultural worker in Israel since 2017, was killed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
He was killed in the siege of Kibbutz Be'eri and his body was taken back into the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. The Israeli military said he was taken from the kibbutz's orchards.
Heartbroken but relieved - Sudthisak Rinthalak is home after 789 days in Palestinian Islamic Jihad captivity.
