Education Aid For Palestinians

Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) Reconstruction campaign

حملة إعمار الجامعة الإسلامية -غزة

Briefed Story of the IUG Damage

On Sunday December 28th, Israeli F16 fighters bombed IUG with several missiles targeting two-six-storey buildings housing all university’s laboratories belonging to the colleges of IT, engineering and science. As in all other universities all over the world, these labs served the enhancement of teaching and learning skills.
The bombardment of both buildings also caused extensive damages to all university buildings, including the central library and lecture halls and led to major disarray in completing the fall semester, entailing the inability of hundreds of students to graduate

IUG Damage befor the Israeli Attack

IUG Damage after the Israeli Attack

• Scientific Laboratory Building was totally damaged, which offers academic courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as serving community related to checking water and soil.
• Engineering & IT Building, (donated by Prince Turkey Bin Abed Al-Aziz), which included study labs for electricity, computer and research and a center for Palestinian architectural heritage, was totally damaged.
• Buildings for lecture rooms, administration rooms and university facilities were partially damaged.

Damage Summary

1. Islamic Development Bank Building for Scientific Labs

Scientific Labs building included labs related to Science Faculty almost with all of its departments and branches in addition to labs for Civil Engineering.

This building is consisted of six floors donated by Islamic Development Bank offering academic help for more than 12,000 students as well as society services. It was equipped by modern devices, one device cost 300,000 $. The following are the labs that were totally damaged:

Medical Technology lab

• Chemistry labs
• Physics Labs
• Biology & Biotechnology labs
• Environmental & Earth Sciences labs
• Water & Hydraulic labs
• Materials and Soil labs

2. Prince Turkey Bin Abd Al-Aziz Building for Engineering & Technology

Engineering & Technology Building included labs for the Faculty of Engineering. This building is consisted of six floors donated by Prince Turkey Bin Abd Al-Aziz offering academic help for more than 3,000 students as well as society services. It was equipped by modern devices. The following are the labs that were totally damage:

• Electrical Engineering Labs
• Communicational Engineering Labs
• Computer Engineering Labs
• Industrial Engineering Labs
• Architectural Engineering Labs
• Architectural Heritage Center
• Projects and Research Center

3. Lecture room, Central Library, Administration and Students Activity Buildings:

A partial damage was happened in the frontage, a shuttering of most of the windows' buildings and destruction for most of the university furniture as well as computer labs

First Estimation Cost

The first estimation cost of the damage is 15,000,000$:

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