Foreign Minister Saud himself leaving for Israel to rescue Nepalis

Foreign Minister NP Saud himself is leaving for Israel to rescue Nepali nationals.

A Nepal Airlines plane is leaving for Israel at 11 pm today to rescue Nepalis.

Minister Saud is also going to Israel on the same plane, the minister’s personal secretary Deepak Joshi said.

Minister Saud himself is leading the rescue team of Nepalis.

“The Nepal Airlines plane is leaving for Israel under the leadership of Minister Saud,” Joshi said.

The Foreign Ministry in coordination with the Nepali Embassy in Israel has collected the details of the Nepalis who want to return home.

Sewa Lamsal, spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that over 350 Nepali people eager to return home have so far registered their names at Nepali Embassy. Among them 288 will return home.

Ten Nepalis were killed in the deadly attack by Hamas militants on Saturday.

Four persons were injured in the attack and one is still missing.

Among the injured, two have been discharged from the hospital, Lamsal informed.

Saying that the bodies of Nepalis are under the protection of the Israeli government, she said that the mortal remains will be brought back soon after the Israeli government handed them over to the Nepali Embassy in Israel.