Kathmandu, October 19
The body of Bipin Joshi from Kanchanpur, who was killed in Israel, will be brought to Nepal on Monday.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, his body will be flown to Kathmandu via a Fly Dubai flight, which is scheduled to land at Tribhuvan International Airport in the afternoon.
Prime Minister, ministers, and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are expected to attend the ceremony to pay tribute to Joshi.
Joshi, who had gone to Israel for studies, was taken hostage during the Hamas attack on the Kibbutz area on October 7, 2023. His status had remained unknown until Israeli authorities confirmed his death on October 13 (Ashoj 27).
Following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Hamas handed over a body identified as Joshi’s to the Israeli army. DNA testing confirmed it was his body, and forensic examinations indicated that he had died during the initial abduction, according to officials at the Nepali Embassy in Israel.
