Israeli army rescues 32 Nepali students

KATHMANDU: The Israeli Defence Forces have rescued 32 Nepalis taking refuge in bunkers after the Hamas attack in Israel.

According to Luis Rijal, one of the 49 Nepali students of Sudurpashchim University who left for Israel about a month ago, the Israeli soldiers are now taking the Nepali students towards Tel Aviv.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also said that 32 Nepalis have been rescued. All the rescued Nepali students are safe inside the Israeli army camp, a foreign ministry official added.

Rijal said in a video posted on his Facebook that Nepali students, who had eaten nothing for the past two days, have been provided with food and water in the army camp.

Of the 49 Nepali students who left the country for Israel on a 10-month internship, 10 have been confirmed dead. Likewise, four are receiving treatment at different hospitals in Israel and one is still out of contact.

Students rescued on Monday:

1. Ramesh Bahadur Karki
2. Binod Prasad Sah
3. Abhash Bhattarai
4. Naresh Singh Bhandari
5. Lokendra Bisht
6. Rohit Nayak
7. Niranjan Kumar Kushwaha
8. Arbin Kumar Chaudhary
9. Upendra GC
10. Om Prakash Upadhyay
11. Ganesh Saud
12. Badal Subedi
13. Pravin BC
14. Ganesh Prasad Joshi
15. Navin Ghimire
16. Shreya Tiwari
17. Bipana Joshi
18. Narayan Bhusal
19. Manisha Khanal
20. Luis Rijal
21. Pramod Bhatta
22. Anup Adhikari
23. Samarpan Acharya
24. Nischal Pandey
25. Bibhusha Adhikari
26. Sushma Regmi
27. Rachana Chaudhary
28. Asha Mishra
29. Kalpana Joshi
30. Sheela Kumari Yadav
31. Sadhana Bohora
32. Bipin Subedi