Nepal

IsraAID deploys emergency team to Nepal after deadly floods, landslides

An IsraAID emergency team is heading to Nepal as the country responds to catastrophic flooding and landslides that have killed hundreds and left nearly 1,000 people missing.

AUGUST 27, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS

IsraAID's response to 2017 flooding in Nepal.

A drone view shows mud covering buildings and property following devastating floods at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 27, 2026.

Israeli among hundreds still missing in Nepal after catastrophic flood, death toll passes 350

ZAKA is officially investigating the disappearance of one Israeli national, who has not responded to attempts at contact so far.

AUGUST 27, 2026|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Damaged houses following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 26, 2026.

Flash flood in Southeast Asia kills 162, hundreds of tourists missing, including one Israeli

Some 384 travelers, including 341 foreign nationals, were reported missing after torrential floods in Nepal. The Foreign Ministry said there is no concern that any Israeli tourists were killed.

AUGUST 26, 2026|ByREUTERS

Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attend a press briefing in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 1, 2026, providing details on the number and condition of Nepali citizens residing in conflict-affected Middle Eastern countries.

Nepal restarts Gulf work permits after Iran conflict halted labor migration

About 75% of Nepali workers abroad are in the Middle East, mostly in construction, and remittances make up over a quarter of the country’s $42 billion economy.

APRIL 21, 2026|ByREUTERS

After the Earth moved

A member of the Foreign Ministry’s Emergency Response Team in Nepal reflects on the tragedy.

MAY 9, 2015ByALON LAVI

Catastrophe in Nepal

From the founder of Tevel b’Tzedek, a first-person account of the relief effort after an earthquake devastated the South Asian country, and what more is left to do.

MAY 7, 2015ByMICHA ODENHEIMER

An earthquake survivor runs past collapsed houses on the outskirts of Kathmandu, May 5.

Or Asraf's father at son's funeral: 'Death grabbed you as you walked happily'

Israel’s sole fatality in Nepal is laid to rest in hometown of Lehavim.

MAY 6, 2015ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

PATRICK ASRAF (second left) watches as a mourner lays a wreath on the grave of his son, Or, at Lehavim, May 6, 2015.

In Photos: Israeli clowns help ease trauma in quake-hit Nepal

More than 7,500 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless by the April 25 natural disaster.

MAY 6, 2015ByREUTERS

Medical clowns perform in front of children affected by earthquake in Kathmandu.

Israel's sole fatality from Nepal quake to be laid to rest Wednesday

Details of the funeral were posted on a Facebook page dedicated to the memory of the young man who was killed on April 25 by an avalanche in the Langtang area.

MAY 6, 2015ByTOVAH LAZAROFF