The bodies of Nepalis killed in armed attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel have been brought to Kathmandu.
The bodies arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 8:30 am today.
Foreign Minister NP Saud and the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal had reached the airport to receive the mortal remains.
The bodies have been taken to the Nepal Army barrack and the foreign minister has also reached the barrack.
The body of another person will be brought to Kathmandu at 1 pm.
The Tel Aviv-based Nepali Embassy in Israel sent the bodies of four Nepali students to Nepal on Saturday after completing the legal process.
The bodies of Narayan Neupane, Lokendra Singh Dhami, Dipesh Raj Bista and Ashish Chaudhary were brought to Kathmandu.
Meanwhile, the Embassy said that they are searching for Bipin Joshi who has been missing in Israel by using all the available mechanisms.
Ten Nepali students had died when Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched its Oct 7 attack on Israel, stabbing, shooting and burning to death more than 1,400 people. The attack—the worst in Israel’s history—sparked a retaliatory assault on Gaza that has killed around 3,000 people there, most of them civilians.
The deceased have been identified as Narayan Prasad Neupane and Ashish Chaudhary of Kailali, Ganesh Kumar Nepali of Bajhang, Dipesh Raj Bista and Lokendra Singh Dhami of Darchula, Ananda Sah of Dhanusha, Rajesh Kumar Swarkar of Sunsari, Rajan Phulara and Padam Thapa of Doti and Pravesh Bhandari of Salyan.
Preparations are underway to take the bodies to Dhangadhi on a Nepal Army chopper on Monday.
