Body of Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta recovered by IDF from south Gaza’s Rafah


Israel – Times of Israel, June 07, 2025

Military believes young father was abducted alive from Kibbutz Nir Oz, murdered in captivity by Mujahideen Brigades; Shin Bet grilling of Gazan detainee led troops to body

The body of slain hostage Nattapong Pinta, who Hamas-led terrorists abducted on October 7, 2023, was recovered in a joint Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet operation in the southern Gaza Strip, officials announced Saturday morning.

Pinta, a Thai national, was kidnapped alive by terrorists of the Mujahideen Brigades — a relatively small terror group in the Strip and somewhat allied with Hamas — from the Gaza border community of Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he worked as a farmhand.

The IDF said it believed that the terror group murdered Pinta in captivity during the first months of the war.

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