Israel has identified the remains of the hostage it received from Hamas on Wednesday as Thai agricultural worker Sudthisak Rinthalak, the prime minister's office said.
Rinthalak was working in farms bordering Gaza when he was kidnapped on October 7th.
As Reuters reported, the body of Israeli police officer Ran Gvili, member of the elite Yasam unit and last of the living and deceased hostages to be returned, is still in Gaza.
Gvili was the first reported kidnapping following the terrorist attack.
'First to be kidnapped, last to return', his mother told Reuters.
The handover of the last hostages' bodies in Gaza, Reuters noted, would complete a key condition of the initial part of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the two year war.
The ceasefire has largely held since October 10th, notwithstanding intermittent air raids which have killed hundreds of Palestinians and wounded dozens more, as the humanitarian situation remains dire and civilians are still dying of hunger.
Israel claims it has been targetting outstanding pockets of Hamas forces.
REUTERS