Jerusalem, Oct 19 (PTI) Israel on Sunday bid farewell to a Nepali student, who was abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and later killed in captivity, the Israeli foreign ministry said. The body of Bipin Joshi, 23, will be flown to Nepal after the farewell ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport, the ministry added. Joshi’s body was returned by Hamas last Tuesday, and his identity was established through forensic testing.

The ceremony took place at the 8th Armoured Brigade Memorial, where officials, soldiers and members of the public bowed their heads in grief. Joshi, an agricultural student, came to Israel as part of an international agricultural training programme under Mashav, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation that works under the Foreign Ministry.

He was taken hosta

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