LONDON: The UK will allow around 40 students to travel from Gaza to attend British universities, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
The plan will see the students awarded scholarships, with nine receiving government-backed Chevening scheme funding for one-year master’s degrees, and the rest securing funds from private programs.
The students will be allowed to leave Gaza once they receive permission to travel from Israeli authorities.
They will become the first to leave the Palestinian enclave to study in the UK since the outbreak of the war in October 2023.
However, relations between the UK and Israel have become frosty since Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to potentially recognize a Palestinian state earlier this year.
