Family of Nepalese hostage Joshi arrives in Israel to seek son’s return

The mother and sisters of hostage Bipin Joshi, a Nepali agricultural volunteer taken captive from Kibbutz Alumim on October 7, land at Ben-Gurion Airport for their first visit since he was kidnapped.

Joshi’s mother Padma Joshi bursts into tears upon landing.

“Please, save my son,” she says, according to accounts in the Hebrew media. “Hamas, bring him home now.”

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Joshi’s sister, Pushpa, 17, thanks all the people of Israel and the government officials who brought the family from Nepal.

She says that her brother came to Israel to study as part of his academic program and was caught in a war that has nothing to do with him.

“We just want him back,” she says. “It’s too much for me and my family. It’s been almost two years. We can’t help but think about his condition — what he is doing there, whether he is getting food, whether he is getting medicine.”

Joshi was hiding with other agricultural students and Thai workers at an outdoor shelter at Alumim on October 7, and according to accounts, caught one of the grenades thrown at them and hurled it outside.

Four of Joshi’s friends who had come with him to Israel in September 2023 were waiting at the arrivals hall in Ben-Gurion Airport. The friends had studied with him in Nepal and remained in Israel to continue their studies despite being injured on October 7.

During their visit to Israel, the family will visit Alumim, meet his friends, and receive intelligence assessments.