Times of Israel: BGU Steps Up To Support Students
Times of Israel: BGU Steps Up To Support Students
November 7, 2023
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students work at a logistic center set up on campus during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.
The Times of Israel — Since the war broke out on October 7 with Hamas’s brutal shock assault into Israeli territory, the country has been on a war footing. About 360,000 reserve soldiers have been called up for service, and a further 250,000 people have been displaced from communities around the Gaza Strip and the northern border with Lebanon.
About 30% of all university students have been called up for reserve duty during the current crisis, along with thousands of university faculty and staff, according to the Association of University Heads.
Ben-Gurion University, with its main campus location in Beer-Sheva, makes it the closest major university to the Gaza border, “immediately opened its campus and dormitories to soldiers, doctors, and visiting family members at no cost… A variety of psychological services are also available to students, faculty and staff,” the university said in a statement to The Times of Israel.
Additionally, enrolled students called up for reserve duty will receive a NIS 1,200 ($300) grant and a postponement of their rental fees if they were living in university dormitories, among other benefits.
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