Body of Thai hostage recovered from Gaza, Israel saysIt comes after the Israeli army recovered the bodies of two Israeli Americans in Gaza earlier this week. He said the body of Nattapong Pinta was retrieved during a special operation in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Friday. The 35-year-old was working as an agricultural labourer in southern Israel when he was kidnapped. Israel has retrieved the body of a Thai national taken hostage during the Hamas-led attack in October 2023, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says. Meanwhile, there has been another shooting incident near a US-backed aid distribution centre in the southern Gaza Strip.