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

Ten Nepali students died at kibbutz, leaving families for whom they were breadwinners bereft

Dhanbahadur Chaudhari now dreams of rivers of blood. Though 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 conflict broke out that day, at least 4,200 people have died in Israel and Palestine.