Viral Video Claiming Bipin Joshi Has Been Released By Hamas Is Misleading

Claim
Nepali student Bipin Joshi, who was taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October 2023, has been released.
Fact
Bipin Joshi died in Hamas captivity and his dead body has been handed over to Israeli authority.

As Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire deal pausing two years of war that battered the Gaza Strip, videos claiming that Nepali student Bipin Joshi, who had been taken hostage in Hamas captivity, was also released were going viral.   

TikTok user @youtube_sheshmani posted a video showing photos of the people taken hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023, including Nepali student Bipin Joshi. Text superimposed on the video reads, “Bipin Joshi has been released see this.”

The video posted on TikTok has garnered 87.3k likes, 8084 people have shared it and 4122 users have commented until the last count.

Likewise, another TikTok user @life_line_750 posted a video carrying a photo resembling Bipin Joshi and his sister Pushpa Joshi.  Text superimposed on the video reads, “Our meeting with my brother in the next two hours. Please hit likes for my brother.”

The video posted on October 13 has raked up 55.3 likes and 697 users have shared it and 1448 people have commented until the last count.

Newschecker found the claim to be misleading.

Fact Check /Verification

To check the veracity of the claim, Newschecker ran a keyword search for ‘Bipin Joshi’ that threw up several news articles confirming that the Nepali student is not alive.

On checking an article, dated October 13, 2025, posted on BBC online, we found that Hamas’s military wing has confirmed the names of four hostages including Bipin Joshi whose bodies will be returned to Israel.

Further, we found another article, dated October 13, 2025, posted on Times of Israel. The article reported Israel on Monday received caskets holding what Hamas said were the bodies of four slain hostages from Gaza including the body of Nepali student Bipin Joshi. “The IDF said troops in the Gaza Strip received four caskets, with the apparent bodies of slain hostages, from the Red Cross on Monday evening,” the article reported.

We also found another article, dated October 14, posted on Kathmandu post online confirming that Nepali youth Bipin Joshi is confirmed dead 738 days after his abduction.

Thus, our findings clearly show that Bipin Joshi is not released alive, and his dead body has been handed over to the Israeli authorities.

Conclusion

No, Nepali student, who was abducted by Hamas militants, has not been released alive. Bipin Joshi is confirmed dead in Hamas captivity and his dead body has been handed over to Israeli authority. Thus, the claim is misleading.  

Result: Misleading

Sources
BBC, Oct 13, 2025
Times of Israel, Oct 13, 2025
Kathmandu Post , Oct 14, 2025