The 4 slain hostages whose bodies are still held in Gaza

The bodies of 3 Israelis and one foreign national remain in the Strip; Hamas claims it cannot get to some, doesn’t know where others are

Israel watched and rejoiced as the final living hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released and returned on October 13 to Israel, where they and their families could begin their journeys of healing and rehabilitation together.

But of the 28 deceased hostages whose bodies were still held by Hamas when the Gaza ceasefire took effect, four families still wait for closure as their loved ones’ bodies remain in the Gaza Strip, leaving them unable to bury their fathers, sons and siblings.

On October 18, the sister of Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed in 2014 and whose body had been held by Hamas ever since, said the fight for the return of the bodies was the “last and hardest,” and called on the public not to abandon the families. Hadar’s body was finally returned, after 4,118 days, on Sunday. The four remaining slain hostages are three civilians (two Israelis and a Thai) abducted from near the Gaza border and a police officer.

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Sudthisak Rinthalak was murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, and his body was taken captive to Gaza. Rinthalak was an agricultural worker from Thailand who sent money home to help his struggling family. On the morning of the attack, he was working on the kibbutz when he was murdered.

His family was notified in May 2024 that he had been murdered. Rinthalak’s father said he was now the “missing pillar of the family.”

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