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People in Gaza have lost faith in humanity, says Palestinian student in Scotland

A Palestinian PhD student living in Scotland has said “a lot of people in Gaza have lost faith in humanity” as he spoke about his family members who are sheltering in the war-torn region.

Mahmoud Almassri, 30, said he relocated to Edinburgh in 2021 to study physics at Heriot-Watt University in the Scottish capital.

He left Gaza in 2017 to complete a in Turkey before moving to the UK, leaving his family members

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