Govt to send NA plane tonight to Israel to bring Nepalis home

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Oct 11: The government has decided to send a Nepal Airlines plane to Israel to fly back home the Nepalis willing to come.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers held today decided to send the plane at 11 p.m. this evening with the rescue mission under the leadership of Foreign Minister NP Saud.

Dhana Raj Gurung, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, informed, after the Cabinet meeting, that the government will bear the plane fare of those Nepalis who come on board the rescue flight.

Minister Gurung said the government will also bear the fare cost of those who fly home on their own.

He said that the bodies of those killed in the Hamas attack will be brought in a different plane.