The bodies of four Nepalese students who died in a Hamas attack in Israel have been returned to Kathmandu and will soon be given to their families. Along with other government representatives, the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal and the Foreign Minister of Nepal arrived at the airport. Hanan Goder, Israel’s ambassador to Nepal, stated that 1400 bodies are being identified in Israel. He mentioned Nepalese student Bipin Joshi, who has been missing ever since Hamas attacked Israel.
“We have 1400 bodies in Israel. We are in the middle of identifying the bodies. Not all of them were identified, not all of the bodies of Nepalis were identified. Unfortunately, today four bodies arrived and the fifth one will arrive in a day or two, we still have five bodies to identify and we will take care and this is our responsibility, they are our family. Let me remind and not forget Mr (Bipin) Joshi. Mr Joshi was seen at the event and was taken by Hamas.”
He further said, “We don’t know where he is, we are searching for him, we are calling the International community, we are calling the terrorists to release the citizens, to release the hostages. He was not involved; he was not part of this escalation.” He made the remarks after taking part in the tribute ceremony held at Kathmandu airport.
The bodies of Narayan Prasad Neupane, Lokendra Singh Dhami, Dipesh Raj Bista and Ashish Chaudhary were flown to Kathmandu on Sunday. The Israeli Ambassador is scheduled to fly to Dhangadhi, the provincial headquarter of Far-Western Nepal to console the family as well as hand over the body to the relatives.