Kuwait to send Palestinian medical students to Gaza hospitals

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The program aims to provide an opportunity for talented students to gain real-life experience in a challenging environment and develop their medical skills. (KUNA)
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The program aims to provide an opportunity for talented students to gain real-life experience in a challenging environment and develop their medical skills. (KUNA)
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Updated 25 August 2024
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Kuwait to send Palestinian medical students to Gaza hospitals

  • The program aims to deploy 350 Palestinian students, expected to graduate this year, in Gaza hospitals to assist with much-needed medical care

GAZA: Kuwait will fund a program that aims to send senior students in medical colleges across Palestine to Gaza hospitals, state news agency KUNA reported on Saturday.

The program, launched by the University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza (UCAS) and funded by Kuwait’s International Islamic Charity Organization, aims to deploy 350 Palestinian students, expected to graduate this year, in Gaza hospitals to support with much-needed medical efforts during the ongoing war.

In a statement, the UCAS’s Vice Chancellor Mohammad Mushtaha said the program, which will see the young medical practitioners in Gaza hospitals for five months, provides an opportunity for talented students to gain real-life experience in a challenging environment and develop their medical skills, while responding to the growing need for medical care in the war-ravaged enclave.

Mushtaha thanked the Kuwaiti government for the support to Palestinians across all fields.


Palestinian man dies after being shot by Israeli forces

Updated 08 December 2025
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Palestinian man dies after being shot by Israeli forces

  • Baraa Bilal Issa Qablan, 21, was traveling in vehicle near city of Qalqilya

LONDON: A Palestinian man died on Monday after being shot by Israeli forces during an incident on Sunday close to the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya.

Baraa Bilal Issa Qablan, 21, was injured when Israeli forces at the northern entrance to the town of Azzun opened fire on a vehicle traveling along the Qalqilya-Nablus road.

Momen Nidal Abu Riyash, 19, a resident of Qalqilya, was killed in the incident and a third man, identified as Muhammad Saeed Taha Hussein, was taken into custody.

Qablan was injured and detained by Israeli forces, the Wafa news agency reported. The Palestinian Authority’s General Authority for Civil Affairs said on Monday that he later succumbed to his injuries.

More than 1,000 Palestinians, including militants, have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces or settlers since the start of the Gaza war in late 2023, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

During the same period, 43 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed in Palestinian attacks in the West Bank, according to official Israeli figures.