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Bipin Joshi

Family members mourn during the funeral ceremony of Bipin Joshi, a deceased Nepali agricultural student who was slain in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Kanchanpur, Nepal, October 21, 2025. (PRAKASH CHANDRA TIMILSENA / AFP)
October 22, 2025, 7:27 pm
‘A reminder of darkness’: Mourners in Nepal bid farewell to slain Gaza hostage Bipin Joshi
Two years after he was kidnapped from Israeli kibbutz, family of agricultural student holds traditional Hindu cremation ceremony after his body was flown home
By ToI Staff
A member of the Nepalese army pays his respects to Bipin Joshi, a Nepali man who was taken hostage by Hamas, during a memorial procession at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, October 20, 2025. (AP/Niranjan Shrestha)
October 20, 2025, 5:38 pm
‘A son of Nepal’: Body of Bipin Joshi, slain in Gaza captivity, finally arrives home
‘Bipin’s courage and bravery are a matter of pride for every Nepali,’ prime minister says on airport tarmac, two years after agricultural student was kidnapped from border kibbutz
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mourners surround the coffin of slain hostage Bipin Joshi, before the repatriation of his body to Nepal, at Ben Gurion Airport, on October 19, 2025. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
October 19, 2025, 2:02 pm
Slain hostage Bipin Joshi praised for October 7 heroism as his body flown to Nepal
Joshi, 23, deflected grenade in shelter, tried to save friends before he was abducted from Kibbutz Alumim; government’s hostage point man: ‘I’m sorry. It shouldn’t have ended this way’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Omri Miran pictured at the beach, with his wife Lishay and two daughters out of shot, on October 17, 2025, soon after his discharge from the hospital, and four days after he was released from more than two years in Hamas captivity in Gaza. (Via X; Eli Teichman and Shir Katz)
October 17, 2025, 3:27 pm
‘Time to return to life’: Three freed hostages released from hospital after 4 days
Hundreds line up to greet Omri Miran, who is discharged along with Matan Zangauker and Matan Angrest; body of slain hostage Bipin Joshi said set for repatriation to Nepal next week
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
Bipin Joshi (Courtesy)
October 15, 2025, 5:30 pm
Family mourns slain Nepalese hostage, hails his heroism on October 7
Bipin Joshi deflected Hamas grenade tossed into Kibbutz Alumim bomb shelter where he sought refuge with others; agricultural student was last seen alive in 2023 terror group video
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
IDF troops salute over the caskets containing the bodies of slain hostages Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Yossi Sharabi and Cpt. Daniel Perez in the Gaza Strip, late October 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 14, 2025, 6:00 pm
Israel won’t reopen Rafah crossing, will limit aid, to press Hamas for remaining slain hostages
As IDs confirmed of 4 hostages’ remains, families of captives still in Gaza demand deal be put on hold until their loved ones returned, accuse government of shirking ‘immediate duty’
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
The 20 living hostages released on October 13, 2025: First row, from left: Elkana Bohbot, Matan Angrest, Avinatan Or, Yosef-Haim Ohana, Alon Ohel. Second row, from let: Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Rom Braslavski, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman. Third row, from left: Eitan Mor, Segev Kalfon, Nimrod Cohen, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn. Final row, from left: Matan Zangauker, Bar Kupershtein, David Cunio, Ariel Cunio, Omri Miran.
October 11, 2025, 2:46 pm
The final 20 living hostages released from Gaza
First phase of Trump’s Gaza deal sees return of 20 living hostages; bodies of 28 others are also supposed to be returned
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses foreign ambassadors to Iran, in Tehran on October 5, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
October 9, 2025, 8:12 pm
Iran demands Israel be held to deal commitments, alleges ‘deceit and duplicity’
Tehran urges legal action against Israelis who ‘ordered and perpetrated war crimes’; Sisi invites Trump to Egypt ceremony; Nepal hails deal, expects return of hostage Bipin Joshi
By ToI Staff and Reuters
A still image, cleared for publication by the family of Bipin Joshi, from a recording of him discovered in Gaza that shows him in the weeks after his abduction from Israel. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
October 8, 2025, 5:13 pm
Nepali hostage Bipin Joshi’s family releases video from shortly after October 7
Relatives of farming student, the only non-Israeli still held by Hamas, say footage is proof he is still alive, though they have not received a sign of life for him since Nov. 2023
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Padma Joshi, whose son Bipin Joshi is held hostage in the Gaza Strip, speaks to reporters after arriving at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on August 11, 2025. (Screen capture via Ynet)
August 12, 2025, 1:10 am
Family of Nepalese hostage Bipin Joshi arrives in Israel to seek son’s return
Terrorists kidnapped Joshi, an agriculture student, from Kibbutz Alumim durin the October 7 attack, and no sign of life has been received from him since November 2023
By Jessica Steinberg
Bipin Joshi (Courtesy)
July 8, 2025, 9:46 am
Family of Nepalese hostage to be represented in Israeli delegation to London
For first time, activist speaking on behalf of Bipin Joshi will participate in Hostages and Missing Families Forum event as family seeks international support for his freedom
By ToI Staff
Bipin Joshi, a Nepali farming student, was taken captive from Kibbutz Alumim on October 7, 2023 by Hamas terrorists (Courtesy)
December 16, 2023, 8:42 pm
Nepalese student Bipin Joshi identified among bodies returned by Hamas
Farming student at Kibbutz Alumim was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, after deflecting one of two grenade thrown in a bunker
By ToI Staff
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