The fate of two hostages, Bipin Joshi and Tamir Nimrodi , remains uncertain after their names were not included on the list of 20 living captives published by Hamas for release on Monday under the latest Gaza peace deal.
Neither Hamas nor Israel has confirmed whether the two are alive or dead, reported ABC news .
On Monday, the Israeli military said the second group of 13 hostages reached back in country from Gaza. Together with the seven released earlier in the day, all 20 living hostages are now back on Israeli soil, the IDF said.
The hostage exchange, part of a broader truce aimed at stabilising the Gaza ceasefire , involves Hamas releasing 20 living hostages and Israel releasing more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.
The peace accord brokered by US President Donald Trump also provides for the return of 28 bodies of deceased hostages, though the timeline for it still remains unclear.
According to Israeli authorities, of the 48 hostages believed to be in Gaza at the time of the ceasefire, 26 have been confirmed dead, 20 believed to be alive, while the whereabouts of two, Joshi and Nimrodi, remain unknown.
Joshi, a 22-year-old Nepalese agriculture student, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Alumim during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror attack on southern Israel, which killed around 1,200 people and saw 251 others taken hostage. Most of those abducted have since been freed in successive prisoner exchanges.
“We just want him back,” Joshi’s sister told The Times of Israel newspaper in August. “It’s too much for me and my family.”
Earlier this week, Joshi’s family released footage believed to have been filmed in November 2023, which they said had been recovered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and shared with them by Israeli intelligence. However, it remains unclear when the footage was discovered or handed over to the family.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum headquarters released a short clip of the video on Wednesday, along with a family statement that read:
“For many months, this footage was under strict censorship. Only recently were we granted permission to release it. It is not easy for us to share it publicly, but we are in critical and historic days that will determine the fate of the 48 hostages, whether the living will return to their families and the deceased to a proper burial, or whether we will remain in pain without closure.”
Neither Hamas nor Israel has confirmed whether the two are alive or dead, reported ABC news .
On Monday, the Israeli military said the second group of 13 hostages reached back in country from Gaza. Together with the seven released earlier in the day, all 20 living hostages are now back on Israeli soil, the IDF said.
The hostage exchange, part of a broader truce aimed at stabilising the Gaza ceasefire , involves Hamas releasing 20 living hostages and Israel releasing more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.
The peace accord brokered by US President Donald Trump also provides for the return of 28 bodies of deceased hostages, though the timeline for it still remains unclear.
According to Israeli authorities, of the 48 hostages believed to be in Gaza at the time of the ceasefire, 26 have been confirmed dead, 20 believed to be alive, while the whereabouts of two, Joshi and Nimrodi, remain unknown.
Joshi, a 22-year-old Nepalese agriculture student, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Alumim during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror attack on southern Israel, which killed around 1,200 people and saw 251 others taken hostage. Most of those abducted have since been freed in successive prisoner exchanges.
“We just want him back,” Joshi’s sister told The Times of Israel newspaper in August. “It’s too much for me and my family.”
Earlier this week, Joshi’s family released footage believed to have been filmed in November 2023, which they said had been recovered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and shared with them by Israeli intelligence. However, it remains unclear when the footage was discovered or handed over to the family.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum headquarters released a short clip of the video on Wednesday, along with a family statement that read:
“For many months, this footage was under strict censorship. Only recently were we granted permission to release it. It is not easy for us to share it publicly, but we are in critical and historic days that will determine the fate of the 48 hostages, whether the living will return to their families and the deceased to a proper burial, or whether we will remain in pain without closure.”
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