First students evacuated from Gaza to study in UK

A group of 34 students in Gaza has been evacuated with places in British universities and is scheduled to arrive in the United Kingdom within days.

This is the first time since the conflict began to help people leave the tape to study in the UK.

They are now in a third country in the region to conduct visa checks before completing their trip to the United Kingdom.

All 34 have been fully funded and received support from the UK government to leave Gaza.

The group, which includes at least four doctors, was assisted to leave the tape on Wednesday.

They are expected to be brought to the United Kingdom early next week to take over their university places.

One of the students who were evacuated told BBC that they are tired but well. They described the past 48 hours as “very intense” and said that it was “challenge” to leave family members and other students still waiting for evacuation.

The group includes scientists below Chevening grantIt is mostly planned by the government for international students to study a one -year master’s degree in the United Kingdom.

The evacuation follows months of campaigns by politicians, academics and others on behalf of more than 100 Palestinian students holding UK universities this year.

It is still unclear when the next group of qualified students can be evacuated.

“We are still hoping that the UK government will support all the evacuating students and to realize at least 35 students holding a full scholarship still trapped in Gaza,” Dr. Nora Bar, a researcher from the University of Birmingham, who was coordinating efforts to support students, told the BBC.

“We are concerned about the students with high.” Four mothers and one father had to refuse their places to evacuate this week because they will not leave their children, “she added.

BBC called from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to comment.

Earlier this week, a group of children with severe diseases He arrived in the United Kingdom From Gaza for specialized medical care in urgent NHS.

Israel launched a A major ground attack in Gaza City Tuesday.

On the same day, a The United Nations Investigation Committee found that Israel committed genocide Against the Palestinians in Gaza.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it categorically rejected the report, and introduced it as “distorted and false.”

Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to an attack led by Hamas militants in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.

At least 65,141 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health in the region.