Kathmandu, Oct 9: The Nepali Embassy in Israel has informed that 10 Nepali students died in the terrorist attacks in various places of Israel while one went missing.
The Embassy was holding discussion with the concerned Israeli officials for the management of the dead bodies, and coordinating with the Foreign Ministry here to bring the dead bodies to home.
Those killed in HAMAS attacks are- Narayan Prasad Neupane from Ghodaghodi-4, Kailali; Ganesh Kumar Nepali from Jayprithvi-6, Bajhang; Ashish Chaudhary from Bauniya-3, Kailali; Dipesh Raj Bista from Lekham-5, Darchula; Lokendra Singh Dhami from Mallikarjun-4, Darchula.
Similarly, Anand Saha from Sapahi-6, Dhanusha; Rajesh Kumar Swarnakar from Madhuwan-1, Sunsari; Rajan Phulara from Panchali-3, Doti; Padma Thapa from Lamikhal-8, Doti; and Prabesh Bhandari from Sharada-3, Salyan were also killed in the terrorist attack in Israel.
The Embassy further informed that six Nepalis injured in the attacks were receiving treatment at different hospitals. Bipin Joshi from Bhimdatta Municipality-3, Kanchanpur had gone missing.
University demands safe relocation of students from Israel
The Chitwan-based Agriculture and Forestry University has urged the government and concerned bodies to relocate the university students gone to Israel under ‘agricultural study programme’. It however said the university students were so far safe.
The university urged the Office of the Prime Minister, Home Ministry, Education Ministry, Foreign Ministry, and Nepali Embassy in Israel to shift the students to a safer location.
Issuing a press release on Sunday, the Office of Registrar at university informed that a total of 113 students went to Israel in 2023 and six in 2022 from the university under the programme. “As per information received so far, all of the students are safe,” the press release added.
The university further said it was regularly in contact with the students and they were urged to stay alert and adopt safety measures. The university condemned the attack on Israel.
