Overview

• Joshi’s body was returned from the Gaza Strip on Monday and identified as his on Tuesday through forensic examination, prompting a public statement from his family via the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
• A week earlier, relatives released a video filmed in Hamas tunnels in November 2023 that showed him alive, which they said had sustained their hope for his return.
• Family members and witnesses described how he threw a grenade back toward attackers at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7, an act they credit with saving friends, a detail they withheld for fear it would endanger him.
• The 24-year-old arrived in Israel about a month before the attack as an agricultural student and was seen in footage inside Gaza’s Al‑Shifa Hospital on the day he was abducted.
• In their message, the family thanked President Donald Trump and the governments of Israel and Nepal for helping secure the return of his remains, noting the IDF had previously disclosed only “serious concern” for his life and that his body will be repatriated to Nepal for burial.