Family pleads for the release of a Nepali student abducted by Hamas

Pushpa Joshi, sister of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali man taken hostage by Hamas (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

The family of a Nepali man taken captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas appealed to his captors for his release, stressing that he has no involvement in the conflict in Gaza.

Bipin Joshi, now 25, was among 17 Nepali students studying agriculture in southern Israel during the October 7 2023 Hamas attack that ignited the war in Gaza.