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Israel Identifies Nepali Student Bipin Joshi Among Hostage Remains Returned by Hamas

A US-brokered ceasefire produced only a partial return of the dead, leaving many families still waiting for promised bodies.

​Israeli authorities receive caskets from Hamas, including the body believed to be Nepali citizen Bipin Joshi.
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Protesters hold up signs and a placard of Bipin Joshi, who was then held hostage by Hamas, in a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Aug. 17, 2025. (Eyal Warshavsky/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 13: People react as they watch the hostage release live stream at Hostages Square on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. A condition of the deal was the immediate return of 48 hostages held in Gaza, around 20 of whom were believed to be alive. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Israeli authorities named Bipin Joshi and Guy Iluz among four deceased hostages returned, with final forensic confirmation pending at the National Center of Forensic Medicine.
  • IDF assessments indicate Joshi was killed in captivity during the early months of the war after being abducted from Kibbutz Alumim.
  • Nepal’s foreign ministry said Israel has formally confirmed Joshi’s death and will coordinate DNA testing and repatriation of his remains.
  • The ceasefire yielded the release of 20 living hostages, but Hamas handed over only four bodies out of an expected 28, leaving roughly 24 still unreturned.
  • In parallel with the exchange, a Gaza hospital reported receiving 45 Palestinian bodies from Israel under the terms of the agreement.