Foreign Ministry: 58 Israeli hikers in Nepal still out of contact

The Foreign Ministry's situation room reported on Saturday morning that 58 Israelis traveling in Annapurna Circus route were still out of contact following the blizzards and avalanches in Nepal that claimed the lives of at least three Israelis.

Helicopters started evacuating hikers rescued from the Annapurna Mountain Range in the Manang district to an area from which the hikers could be transferred by car. The Foreign Ministry stressed the Israeli hikers being evacuated were not in mortal peril, but could not finish the trek on foot due to the trauma they suffered.

A flight evacuating injured hikers from Katmandu left for Israel on Friday night. Two doctors were on board the flight to provide medical treatment if the need arises.