Mourners light candles and offer condolences in Kathmandu on October 15, 2025, during a candlelight vigil held for Bipin Joshi, a deceased Nepali agricultural student who died while being held hostage in Gaza by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Israeli military said on October 14, that the bodies of four hostages returned by Hamas following a US-brokered truce have been identified, including that of a Nepalese student.