The body of a Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who was abducted alive during the October 7 attacks was recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation on Friday, according to a statement from the Israeli military and the Shin Bet security service.

The body of Thai citizen Nattapong Pinta was returned to Israel in a special military operation, Israel’s government said on Saturday.

Israel has recovered the body of a Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who was kidnapped into Gaza on October 7, 2023. This follows the retrieval of two Israeli-American hostages’ bodies and further casualties in Gaza as Israeli military operations continue.

Israel is striking “terror targets of the Hezbollah Aerial Unit (127)” in the southern suburb of Dahieh, Beirut, the Israel Defense Forces said, as large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the Lebanese capital late on Thursday.

An Israeli strike on Thursday targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters live footage showed, almost an hour after the Israeli army issued an evacuation order to residents of the area. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab;