KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 22
The bodies of four out of the 10 Nepali students killed in Israel were handed over to their respective families in Sudurpaschim Province on Sunday.
The bodies of the slain students, namely Lokendra Singh Dhami of Malikarjun Rural Municipality Ward No. 4 in Darchula district, Dipeshraj Bista of Lekam Rural Municipality Ward No. 5, Narayan Prasad Neupane of Ghodaghodi Municipality Ward No. 4 in Kailali district, and Ashish Chaudhary of Bauniya-3 in Kailali district, were handed over to their respective families and relatives at Dhangadi Airport.
A total of 10 Nepali youths lost their lives in the Hamas militant group's attack on October 7 in Gaza, Israel. A Nepali student, Bipin Joshi from Bhimdutta-3 in Kanchanpur district, has been missing since the incident.
The Nepal Army's chopper transported the bodies from Kathmandu to Dhangadi Airport.
In this hour of grief, Ramesh Singh Dhami, Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest, and Environment of Sudurpaschim Province, Bikram Singh Dhami, Chief Whip of Nepali Congress in the Province Assembly, the teachers at Sudurpaschim University where the deceased students were studying, as well as the bereaved families and relatives, among others, reached Dhangadi Airport to offer tributes to the departed souls.
According to Sushil Neupane, Principal of the School of Agriculture at the Agriculture Science Faculty in Tikapur, a total of 49 students from their institute had been to Israel under the 11-month 'Learn and Earn' course.
Among them, 17 were caught in the violent attack, and 10 succumbed to the deadly incident. Of the ten Nepali youths killed in the attack, seven were from Sudurpaschim Province.
"I'm grieved by the incident," said the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal. Meanwhile, Hanan Goder, Israeli Ambassador to Nepal, who arrived at Dhangadi Airport along with the bodies, met with the bereaved families and relatives and expressed his grief. The Israeli envoy, at the VIP room of Dhangadi Airport, extended his condolences and stated that he had come to Dhangadi to share the grief of the bereaved families and relatives."
