Bipin Joshi not among hostages to be released by Hamas (with names)

KATHMANDU, October 13: The names of 20 hostages set to be released by Hamas have been made public, but Nepali student Bipin Joshi is not among them. The list, reported by the BBC and Al Jazeera, citing the Palestinian news agency Shehab, includes only Israeli citizens, all confirmed to be alive.

Bipin Joshi, who was abducted from the Alumim kibbutz in southern Israel during the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, remains missing. Hopes had recently risen after the Israeli army recovered a video from Gaza showing Joshi alive. Despite this, his name was not included in the latest list of hostages scheduled for release.

Also absent from the list is Tamir Nimrodi, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

The Joshi family has been actively campaigning for his safe return and had previously released a video believed to have been recorded immediately after his abduction — the last confirmed visual evidence of him alive.

Here is the list of the 20 hostages to be released by Hamas, as reported by Al Jazeera:

1. 
   

   Bar Abraham Kupershtein
   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   Evyatar David
   
   

   
   
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3. 
   

   Yosef-Chaim Ohana
   
   

   
   


4. 
   

   Segev Kalfon
   
   

   
   


5. 
   

   Avinatan Or
   
   

   
   


6. 
   

   Elkana Bohbot
   
   

   
   


7. 
   

   Maxim Herkin
   
   

   
   


8. 
   

   Nimrod Cohen
   
   

   
   


9. 
   

   Matan Angrest
   
   

   
   


10. 
    

    Matan Zangauker
    
    

    
    


11. 
    

    Eitan Horn
    
    

    
    


12. 
    

    Eitan Abraham Mor
    
    

    
    


13. 
    

    Gali Berman
    
    

    
    


14. 
    

    Ziv Berman
    
    

    
    


15. 
    

    Omri Miran
    
    

    
    


16. 
    

    Alon Ohel
    
    

    
    


17. 
    

    Guy Gilboa-Dalal
    
    

    
    


18. 
    

    Rom Braslavski
    
    

    
    


19. 
    

    Ariel Cunio
    
    

    
    


20. 
    

    David Cunio