October 12: A Nepal Airlines plane that left for Israel this morning (Thursday) to bring back the Nepali nationals stranded in the conflict zone following recent attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas' will return to Nepal at 9 pm tonight.    
The national flag-carrier had flown to Israel at 3.30 am today. Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud himself left for Israel on the same place for diplomatic coordination for the rescue of the Nepalis stranded in Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs' spokesperson Sewa Lamsal said a 250-seater wide-body aircraft of the Nepal Airlines has left for Israel to bring the Nepalis who want to return back home.    
Ten Nepali students were killed and some others were injured in the attack by Hamas militants in southern parts of Israel on Saturday. The status of one student is still not known.    
The Nepali Embassy in Israel has been collecting the names of Nepalis citizens who want to be relocated or rescued to safe places and those who want to return back to Nepal.    
Meanwhile, it has been learnt that the repatriation of the bodies of the 10 Nepalis killed in the attack to Nepal is going to take time as the legal process of handing over the bodies is yet to complete.
Spokesperson Lamsal said the bodies would be brought to Nepal at the earliest once the Israeli government completes all the legal processes including the post-mortem examination. --  RSS