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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

‘I was helpless’: Nepali survivors of Hamas attack in Israel haunted by trauma

A grieving woman is consoled by family members
The mother of Ashish Chaudhary, one of the 10 Nepali students killed in the Hamas attack, is consoled by family members at her residence in the Kailali district of Sudurpashchim province, Nepal. Photograph: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images

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.

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