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Saturday, June 7, 2025
Ceremony to be held at Ben Gurion Airport for repatriation of body of slain Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta
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Thai farm worker Pinta Nattapong, who was taken hostage by terrorists on October 7, 2023 from Kibbutz Nir Oz (Courtesy)
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar updated his Thai counterpart, Maris Sangiampongsa, on the details of the military operation to recover the body of hostage Nattapong Pinta, Hebrew-language media reports.
Sa’ar said that a ceremony will be held at Ben Gurion Airport when Pinta’s body is repatriated.
Pinta was taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. The military believes he was kidnapped alive but murdered in captivity a few months into the war. He is survived by his wife and young son.
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