Gazan medical students graduate in ceremony amid ruins of Al Shifa Hospital
The doctors studied for their exams amid hunger, displacement and bombardment. The hospital's medical director said the ceremony defied Israeli efforts to dismantle Palestinian society: 'They sought to destroy Palestine's human capital ... but failed'
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'Despite Destruction, Gaza Continues to Produce Doctors'
The doctors studied for their exams amid hunger, displacement and bombardment. The hospital's medical director said the ceremony defied Israeli efforts to dismantle Palestinian society: 'They sought to destroy Palestine's human capital ... but failed'
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02:45 PM • December 29 2025 IST
A group of 168 Palestinian medical students graduated as doctors this week in a ceremony held in front of the damaged facade of Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical center in the Strip, in what organizers described as an act of defiance and professional survival.
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