Nepalis
Nepalis killed in Hamas assault . Ten Nepalis were murdered in the Hamas attack on Israel. The Himalayan republic’s embassy in Tel Aviv announced this in a statement on Sunday.
“Ten Nepalis have tragically died due to an attack by the Palestinian Hamas group in a place called Kibbutz Alumim,” the statement said.
Four other Nepalis were being treated in a local hospital while a search was underway for a fifth who was “out of contact”, the embassy added.
Also, the Foreign minister N.P. Saud, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday, stated that there were around 4,500 Nepali nationals working in Israel as “caregivers”.
Saud added that another 265 Nepali students were living in the country under the Israel-sponsored “Learning and Earning” programme.
He added that the figure included 17 students studying at Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel, one of the flashpoints of the Hamas assault
Saud said he was overseeing his government’s efforts to check on the welfare of them in Israel and make “informed decisions regarding rescue efforts”.