Nepali Student
Nepali student, who was captured by Hamas during October 7 attack, confirmed dead
A Nepali student, who was held in captivity by Hamas, has now been confirmed dead, on a day when the group released 20 living Israeli hostages on Monday as part of the new ceasefire deal reached with Israel.
The Nepali national was identified as Bipin Joshi.
It was widely expected that Joshi was alive, but his name was not on the list Hamas handed over the captives on Monday.
According to reports, his body will be handed over to Israel.
Nepali ambassador Dhana Prasad Pandit told The Kathmandu Post that an honorary consul representing Nepal in Israel, Nadav Ben Yahudain informed him that Hamas is likely to hand over the dead body of Bipin later on Monday.
Pandit told the newspaper that the bodies will undergo DNA test after being handed over to Israeli authorities.
After undergoing the DNA test, the bodies will be handed over to family members.
Who was Bipin Joshi?
Joshi went to Israel to study under the Learn and Earn Programme.
Terrible news. Nepali Hindu hostage Bipin Joshi has been killed by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) October 13, 2025
When grenades were hurled into his bomb shelter on 7th October 2023 by Hamas terrorists, Joshi grabbed one and threw it out before it exploded, saving lives in his final known act of… pic.twitter.com/ISlxFv9OEy
He was reportedly working with the Alumim kibbutz, close to the Gaza border, with 16 other Nepalis when Hamas attacked on October 7, 2023.
More than two years after the deadly October 7, 2023 attacks, Hamas on Monday released all remaining living hostages under a ceasefire agreement reached recently with Israel, officials confirmed.
After initially freeing seven hostages earlier in the day, Hamas released the remaining 13 later on Monday, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Bipin Joshi's family struggled so hard to get their son back.
— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) October 13, 2025
He arrived in Israel 25 days before the massacre. The 23-year-old Hindu student from Nepal just wanted to study agriculture.
He wasn't Israeli. He wasn't Jewish. So the media won't talk about him because that will… pic.twitter.com/2QrwLfLG8Q
The hostages were first transferred to Israeli forces in Gaza before being reunited with their families.
Hamas had seized 251 people during the initial attack, but Monday’s releases mean the group is no longer holding any living hostages.
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