Gaza students with Italian scholarships still await evacuation

Dozens of Gaza students who won scholarships to universities in Italy are still waiting to be evacuated due to bureaucratic red tape, leaving qualified students in a deadly conflict zone, according to an AFP investigation reported by The Local Italy on Tuesday.

The students, who have secured places at Italian universities, remain stranded in Gaza as paperwork and administrative procedures stall their departure, the report said, describing a situation where academic opportunity is blocked by the practicalities of leaving a war zone.