Nepal: First batch of 254 students, stranded amid Israel-Hamas war, land in Kathmandu
Israel arrived back in Kathmandu in the wee hours of Friday, the Government of Nepal has announced to make further arrangements to bring back citizens from Israel.
A Nepal Airlines wide-body aircraft, which flew to Tel Aviv on Thursday morning to bring back the Nepali students, landed in Kathmandu at around 3 am (Local Time) on Friday.
Leading the rescue mission, NP Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Himalayan Nation announced the arrival of 254 students in the first batch of evacuation while 249 still wait back in Israel for airlift.
«The Nepal Embassy in Tel Aviv had earlier registered Nepali citizens who wanted to be located in safer areas and those wanting to return back to Nepal. Till now a total of 557 Nepali citizens have registered themselves, of which 503 wanted to return to Nepal and of them a total of 254 students have been evacuated under the first phase of evacuation efforts,» said Saud while addressing media persons here at the airport on Friday morning.
«Currently in Tel Aviv commercial flights are commencing on a daily basis.
The students whom we couldn't accommodate during this evacuation, on the basis of need, the Government of Nepal will make arrangements for their return,» the Foreign Minister added.
Students were seen hugging and embracing their families and relatives as they arrived back in Kathmandu with a feeling of relief but minds full of ordeal. The killing of 10 students working as interns under the «learn and earn» scheme of the Israeli government, by the terror group Hamas has left everyone there shattered.
«We were having our lunch, then suddenly we got a high alert message, after which we ran towards the bunker, we ran for life leaving all the work.
