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As a new academic term begins, Palestinian students from Gaza who secured university offers and scholarships abroad remain unable to leave the territory due to restrictive immigration and border rules. Many students describe being caught between promised educational opportunities and the practical impossibility of exiting Gaza amid ongoing conflict-related restrictions. The situation highlights the broader humanitarian toll of the war on Gaza's youth, with education and future prospects disrupted even for those who have overcome significant hurdles to secure places at foreign institutions.