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Sudthisak Rinthalak

The coffin of Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak, seen at a farewell ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport, December 9, 2025, after his body was returned to Israel from Gaza. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 9, 2025, 5:13 pm
‘One of ours’: Officials bid farewell to Sudthisak Rinthalak as his body flown home
Israeli and Thai ambassadors pay tribute to agricultural worker who was killed on Oct. 7 and whose body was taken to Gaza, as his remains are finally returned home to Thailand
By Jessica Steinberg
Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker who was murdered by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, and whose body was taken hostage to Gaza and returned to Israel on December 3, 2025. (Courtesy)
December 6, 2025, 4:45 pm
Family of murdered hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak awaits return of his remains to Thailand
Relatives to hold Buddhist ceremony meant to bring his spirit peace; they lament that they were unable to help him and caution other Thais seeking work abroad
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker who was murdered by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, and whose body was taken hostage to Gaza and returned to Israel on December 3, 2025. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2025, 11:31 am
Body of Sudthisak Rinthalak, Thai farmer and family breadwinner, returned to Israel
Officials say family of slain hostage, 43, has been informed, plans underway to repatriate his body; ‘hard-working’ agricultural employee came to Israel after divorce ‘to find himself’
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
The two slain hostages whose bodies were still held captive in Gaza as of November 24, 2025: Sudthisak Rinthalak (left) and Ran Gvili. (Collage by Times of Israel; Photos: Courtesy)
December 3, 2025, 9:06 pm
Casket with apparent hostage’s body returned to Israel, as final 2 families await ID
Forensic testing underway to determine if remains belong to Ran Gvili or Sudthisak Rinthalak; Hamas, PIJ say body was found in northern Gaza earlier Wednesday
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A poster of Sudthisak Rinthalak, whose body is still held in Gaza, November 29, 2025 (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
December 3, 2025, 2:23 pm
Father of hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak: ‘I always worry about him, I pray for him’
Family says it wants to bring his body home to Thailand to be buried with traditional ceremony; brother says he feels guilty for encouraging him to move to Israel
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
The two slain hostages whose bodies were still held captive in Gaza as of November 24, 2025: Sudthisak Rinthalak (left) and Ran Gvili. (Collage by Times of Israel; Photos: Courtesy)
December 3, 2025, 10:59 am
Israel says remains handed over by Hamas on Tuesday are not of the final 2 hostages
Forensic testing of remains delivered via Red Cross determines they are not of Ran Gvili or Sudthisak Rinthalak; Islamic Jihad says it’s searching for body in northern Gaza
By ToI Staff
Itzik Gvili, the father of slain hostage Ran Gvili, speaks at Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2025. (Uriel Even Sapir/The Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
November 30, 2025, 2:20 am
Father of last Israeli hostage in Gaza: Truce mustn’t advance until final 2 bodies returned
At what may be final weekly rally, thousands gather to demand return of Ran Gvili, Sudthisak Rinthalak; relatives denounce government Oct. 7 probe, demand independent state inquiry
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Itzik and Talik Gvili, parents of deceased hostage Ran Gvili, on November 22, 2025, at a Hostages Forum rally. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages Forum)
November 29, 2025, 12:02 am
Father of Ran Gvili, one of two remaining hostages, to speak at possible final Tel Aviv rally
Hostages forum indicates Saturday event may be last as it narrows activities to support 2 families, says rallies don’t serve current situation of terror groups searching for bodies
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Elad Or, whose brother Dror Or's body is held in Gaza, speaks at Hostages Square, on November 22, 2025. (Alon Gilboa/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
November 23, 2025, 7:01 pm
Hostages Forum to shut offices; volunteers and funds made available to last 3 families
With ceasefire in place, official says families will decide on next steps; hostage’s sister says she understands: ‘You can’t have an entire building for three families. They created loving embrace for us’
By Jessica Steinberg
Gali (L) and Ziv Berman interviewed in New York on November 18, 2025 (Screen grab/Channel 12 news)
November 19, 2025, 1:10 pm
Former hostage twins ahead of Trump meeting: ‘We’ll thank him, ask him to keep going’
On eve of White House visit, Gali and Ziv Berman want president to ensure bodies of final 3 captives brought back; say ex-hostages have formed a family bound by shared experience
By ToI Staff
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