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Twin sisters from Gaza killed after being accepted into University of Waterloo PhD program in Ontario

Twin sisters from Gaza killed after being accepted into University of Waterloo PhD program in Ontario

The University of Waterloo community is mourning after twin sisters who were set to enter a PhD program in Ontario were killed this month in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. Their family says the two “saw an end to their and our suffering” after being accepted into a program for students from conflict zones, but didn't get to "realize their dreams."

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