Ten Nepali students died at kibbutz, leaving families for whom they were breadwinners bereft
Dhanbahadur Chaudhari now dreams of rivers of blood. Although he returned home to Nepal this week, flashes of the scenes he left behind in Israel won’t leave him alone, and for days he has barely been able to sleep.
Chaudhari, 25, was among almost 50 students from Nepal who were staying on a kibbutz in Alumim, the border area between Israel and Gaza, when it came under attack from Hamas militants on 7 October. Since the current conflict broke out that day, at least 4,200 people have died in Israel and Palestine.
Written by Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/20/i-was-helpless-nepali-survivors-of-hamas-attack-in-israel-haunted-by-trauma under the title “‘I was helpless’: Nepali survivors of Hamas attack in Israel haunted by trauma”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
