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Courtesy the family/TPS-IL on 13 November, 2025
Israel Confirms Return of Sudthisak Rinthalak’s Remains
Jerusalem, 4 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) -- Israel’s National Center for Forensic Medicine confirmed on Thursday morning that the body returned by Hamas the previous day was Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker, the Israel Defense Forces announced.
Rinthalak, 42, was murdered by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the orchards of Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, and his body taken to Gaza. Israel determined his death in May 2024 based on intelligence.
Sudthisak is survived by his parents, Thong Ma and Orn, and his older brother, Thepporn. He was previously divorced, and had no children.
Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch informed the Rinthalak family that the procedures for returning him for burial in his country will be carried out in coordination with the Thai Embassy in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
Around 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken captive by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. The body of Israeli Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili is the last remaining in Gaza.
