By AUDREY HOROWITZ and BASSEM MROUE

JERUSALEM (AP) — Remains turned over to Israel as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal were those of a Thai agricultural worker , Israeli and Thai officials said Thursday. The return of Sudthisak Rinthalak’s remains leaves just one more hostage to be returned under the agreement.

Sudthisak was an agricultural worker who had been employed at Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the hardest-hit communities in the attack. Israeli officials said the 42-year-old was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led attack in Israel that triggered the Israel-Hamas war and that his body was taken by the militant group Islamic Jihad.

He was officially declared dead on May 16, 2024.

Sudthisak’s remains were returned Wednesday , a day after remains handed over d

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