Israel says Palestinian groups returned body of Thai hostage

The remains of agricultural worker Suthisak Rintalak were recovered by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza.

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The return of the 43-year-old's body means that only one more dead hostage's body due to be handed over under the terms of the ceasefire deal now remains in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the Israeli government shared "in the deep sorrow of the Rintalak family, the Thai people, and all of [the] fallen hostages' families".

It also vowed to work tirelessly to bring home the body of the last hostage, Israeli police officer Master Sgt Ran Gvili, 24.

Suthisak Rintalak was from the town of Rattanawapi in north-eastern Thailand.