In all, 20 living hostages and the remains of 27 others have been returned to Israel since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire began in early October.

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 on Thursday.

The Red Cross is in possession of a coffin of carrying what is believed to be a deceased hostage that will be turned over to Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and the Shin Bet said in a joint statement Wednesday. The coffin will be taken to Israel for identification.

The militant group took more than 250 hostages from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including 31 from Thailand. The remains of all but one other hostage, an Israeli, have been recovered.

Democratic politicians are struggling to strike a balance between U.S. support for Israel and voter outrage over civilian suffering in Gaza.

The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was notified that remains returned Wednesday were identified as Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai national and agricultural worker in Israel.

There was something "fundamentally wrong" with how Israel conducted its military operation in the Gaza Strip and there are "strong reasons to believe" that war crimes have been committed, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters on Wednesday.

Israeli fire killed two Palestinians in Gaza and two suspected Palestinian attackers in the West Bank on Tuesday as Israel's government prepared to receive some of the last hostage remains from militants in Gaza.