Allowance for the families of Nepalis who were killed and imprisoned in Israel

Israel's ambassador to Nepal, Hanan Godar, said that the Israeli government has decided to give a lifetime allowance to the victim's family. Israeli laws treat Israelis and Nepalis equally. "Nepalese died when they came as guests to Israeli land," he said, "therefore, the Israeli government has started giving allowances to the family of 10 people and Joshi's family, who are now under the occupation of Hamas."

Nepalese students who came to Israel to study agriculture were killed in a Hamas attack. The deceased are Narayan Prasad Neupane of Ghodaghodi-4, Ganesh Kumar Nepali of Jaiprithvi-6 Bajhang, Ashish Chaudhary of Kailali-3 Baunia, Dipeshraj Bista of Lecom-5 Darchula, Anand Sah of Saphi-6 Dhanusha, Rajesh Kumar Swarnakar of Madhuvan-1 Sunsari, Rajan Phulara of Pachanali-3 Doti. , Padam Thapa of Lamikhal-8 Doti, Pravesh Bhandari of Sharada-3 Salyan and Lokendra Singh Dhami of Malikarjun-4 Darchula.

'It's easier to run a house with relief'

After the death of his father at the age of four, Dipeshraj Bista was raised by his mother Jenten. During his higher education studies, he had reached Israel in the last week of August as part of the 'Earn and Learn' program, which was enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture under Sudurpaschim University. At that time, there was some happiness in the family. But that happiness turned into sadness within a month.

On October 20, 10 students who went to study from Far-West University were killed in an attack by Hamas. Out of which 7 people are from Far West. It took more than two weeks to bring their bodies. On the one hand, the devastated family was suffering from the loss of their son, and on the other hand, they were also having problems to support the family.

Mother Parvati, who is working as a relief teacher in Darchula, has not yet forgotten the pain. Dipesh's brother Vasant is studying MBBS in Dharan. There was also a problem in raising his expenses. The family members say that after the Israeli government provided relief, things got easier. 'If you don't have a son, what will you do with the money?' Jayanti Bista, Dipesh's aunt, said, 'It will be easier to run the family with the relief, the younger father can be educated.' The Israeli embassy sent the money to mother Parvati's account. The Israeli government provides monthly relief to the families of the deceased. However, the affected family did not know how much relief was given in terms of how many months. "I don't know whether to give monthly or lump sum," said Jayanthi. Bista family living in Malikarjun Rural Municipality of Darchula is also living in Bhimdatta Municipality-15 of Kanchanpur.

The family of Rajan Phulara of Pachnali-3 in Doti has also got some relief with the allowance provided by the Israeli government. Ghanshyam Phulara, Rajan's father, said that he found out that the relief money had been deposited into the account only a week ago. After the death of their only old age son Rajan in Israel, the Fullara family was suffering from grief as well as the pain of deprivation. Phulara has a family of three including his elderly parents and his wife. There is no other source of income in old age. "Now the son does not return, he continues to suffer from the pain," Phulara said. He said that he has also talked to the campus about this matter.

Bezulal Chaudhary of Kailali Joshipur also said that he had heard that the relief money had arrived. However, he said that he did not know how many came. "I am busy rebuilding the house after it collapsed, I have not been able to go to the bank," he said. He said that he found out that the relief money had come from the Israeli embassy over the phone. Bezulal's only son, Ashish, was killed in a Hamas attack. Now only his parents are at home.

Sushil Neupane, head of the department of the Faculty of Agriculture of Sudurpaschim University, said that according to the policy of the Israeli government, the families of the dead, missing and injured are getting relief. According to him, it was discussed in the agricultural campus that parents, wives, children and siblings under the age of 21 will also get relief.

'I would have found out his son's condition rather than relief'

Mahanand, the father of Bipin Joshi from Kanchanpur, who is under the control of Hamas, requested that the initiative be taken to rescue his son rather than relief. Although he heard that the relief was coming, he did not care about it. ``Our son had to be rescued, we need a son more than Aruthok,'' Joshi said, ``We have been waiting to see if we will hear news about our son from anywhere, but till now we have not received any news.''

The Israeli embassy asked for the account number of the Joshi family. It has also been informed that the amount has been sent to the said account. But he did not say how much the amount was. His family met the outgoing foreign minister NP Saud three times and requested him for rescue. "Foreign Minister was from this district, it was easy to ask," said Joshi, "now we don't even have access to ask the same." The government has asked Israel, Qatar and international humanitarian organizations for Joshi's release. But because the war between Israel and Hamas has not stopped, Hamas has kept the citizens of more than 100 countries, including Joshi, captive.