Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital
The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital was built and equipped by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). In
2010, the Board of Trustees of the Islamic University of Gaza requested approved the establishment of a training and research hospital in the Gaza Strip. The construction of the Palestine-Turkey Friendship Hospital began in 2011. It was completed in 2017 at a total cost of 70 million US dollars. During the 2023 war, the hospital ran out of fuel. Gaza health officials reported that it shut down on November 1. The hospital director also stated that the hospital was hit in an Israeli strike.
A look at the southern entrance of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital and the IUG Faculty of Medicine. The TIKA logo can be seen on the main entrance.
The Hospital and the IUG Faculty of Medicine buildings as the appear in an aerial view taken from the north-east.
View of the hospital from the north
Outpatient clinics entrance
Islamic University of Gaza
The Islamic University of Gaza, also known as IUG and IU Gaza, is an independent Palestinian university established in 1978 in Gaza City. It was the first higher education institution to be established in the Gaza Strip. The university has 11 faculties capable of awarding BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MD, PhD, diplomas and higher diplomas, in addition to 20 research centers and institutes and the affiliated Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital.
Luhaidan Building
Students at Islamic University
A copy of IUG foundation document, IUG museum (2023)
Sheikh Mohammed Awwad (second from the right), chairman of the IUG board of trustees, during a graduation ceremony (1986)