The body of slain hostage Bipin Joshi is to be repatriated to his home country of Nepal next week, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
Joshi, a Nepalese agricultural student, was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, and killed in captivity in Gaza. His body was returned to Israel on Tuesday.
According to Kan, the repatriation process was delayed due to Joshi’s body being returned on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which meant that preparations for his return to Nepal could not begin until the holiday ended.
The Directorate for Hostages, Missing Persons and Returnees at the Prime Minister’s Office denies to Kan, however, that the process was delayed due to the Jewish holiday, saying that it began preparations as soon as the forensic identification process was complete, despite the Jewish holiday.
It says that the process of selecting airlines for the repatriation is almost finished, at which point Joshi’s body will be repatriated to Nepal for burial, following a ceremony at the airport in Israel.
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