The grim reality facing chemists in Gaza and Israel a year into war
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Rebecca Trager2024-10-16T13:30:00
Escalating Israel–Hezbollah conflict and Gaza war increases the pressure and threat to researchers in the region
A year into the ongoing Israel–Hamas war the picture for chemists and other researchers in the region is bleak. And the new war that erupted last month between Israel and the Iran-backed radical Islamist group ah, based in Lebanon, has further compounded the situation.
By mid-January of this year, media reports indicated that Israeli military forces had destroyed the last standing university in Gaza, which was Al Israa University. The military assault has killed almost 100 university professors in Gaza by April, according to United Nations estimates. The Hamas-run health ministry estimates that more than 41,000 in Gaza have died.