"Since September 30, 2025, the Italian government has undertaken a major operation to offer a future for Gaza's students. While evacuation to Italy was previously available to Palestinians only for medical treatment and family reunification, the Italian government has now taken the unprecedented step of opening the nation's universities under the Italian Universities for Palestinian Students project, allowing Gazan students to pursue their studies abroad away from the war."
"The Italian Universities for Palestinian Students project offers a unique lifeline for young students whose academic futures were destroyed in Gaza. Since October 2023, nearly all of Gaza's universities and schools have been bombed, leaving students struggling to access education. Back in August 2025, the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education reported that more than 18,000 Palestinian students had already been killed since October 2023, and the deaths have continued to mount since then."
"I am one of the more than 180 Palestinian students who fled to Italy from Gaza through the new Italian Universities for Palestinian Students program. I was evacuated from Gaza in December 2025 and am now pursuing a bachelor's degree in languages at the University of Siena. Even though Gaza is my beloved home, I made the painful decision to leave because I cannot watch and do nothing as my education journey is destroyed in front of my eyes."
Since September 30, 2025, the Italian government launched an operation to offer a future for Gaza's students by opening national universities under the Italian Universities for Palestinian Students project. The project expands evacuation eligibility beyond medical treatment and family reunification, enabling Gazan students to pursue studies abroad. Nearly all Gaza universities and schools have been bombed since October 2023, disrupting education and contributing to mass casualties; by August 2025 more than 18,000 Palestinian students had been reported killed. More than 180 Palestinian students evacuated to Italy through the program. Evacuated students pursue degrees while carrying trauma and the sense that the war destroyed their lives' meaning.
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