HAMAS hostages include Nepali student Bipin Joshi --Despatching well trained Gurkha soldiers to rescue him may be as simple as the UK, Nepal and Israel agreeing to terms and conditions for their deployment in Gaza

by Ganesh Sahathevan 

A Nepali student is among the more than two hundred hostages held by  HAMAS. The Government Of Nepal has a duty to do what it can to rescue him (and other Nepalis if there are any) but their best trained  citizen  soldiers are likely to be serving in the British Army.   However securing their services may be a simple matter of the UK and Nepal entering into an agreement to temporarily transfer command of the required number of Gurkhas to Nepal, and then for Nepal and Israel to enter into an agreement for their deployment in Gaza under terms and conditions that would facilitate a safe and speedy rescue. 

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Bipin Joshi's whereabouts still unknown, search continues

Published On:  November 20, 2023 12:48 PM NPT By: Republica  |  @RepublicaNep

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The whereabouts of Nepali student Bipin Joshi, who was one among those held hostage and taken towards Gaza following an assault by Hamas in Israel, is still not known.

A Spokesperson of Israel Defense Force said that Joshi was among those held hostage by the Hamas group after the attack on October 7 at Kibbutz-Alumim in southern Israel and taken towards Gaza, the Embassy of Nepal in Tel Aviv, Israel, said.

The embassy in a press release said that Joshi's latest whereabouts are not known and that he is still out of contact and a search for him is currently underway.

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