{"id":269008,"date":"2026-06-10T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war-gaza-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:45:14","slug":"rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war-gaza-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war-gaza-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising from the rubble: A Gaza tech incubator defies Israel\u2019s war | Gaza News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/10\/rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war\">Rising from the rubble: A Gaza tech incubator defies Israel\u2019s war | Gaza News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/10\/rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/10\/rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 04:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aljazeera.com\">www.aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_237cad09d995990e-1145\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">The devastating fallout of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip has extended far beyond the destruction of homes and basic services. More than two and a half years of violence have obliterated Gaza\u2019s economy \u2013 including the technology and entrepreneurship sector, a vital lifeline that once provided thousands of graduates with a window of hope amid mass unemployment and Israel\u2019s years-long blockade.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_237cad09d995990e-1146\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">Among the hardest-hit institutions is the UCAS Technology Incubator, affiliated with the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of southwestern Gaza City. Once a vibrant hub for innovation and startups, its headquarters and facilities were reduced to rubble in August 2024 after Israeli attacks targeted the college.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-hub-of-innovation-destroyed\">A hub of innovation destroyed<\/h2>\n<p id=\"p-rc_237cad09d995990e-1147\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">Abdallah al-Tahrawi, director of the UCAS Technology Incubator, told Al Jazeera that the centre was established 13 years ago to invest in Palestinian youth and foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship to support economic development.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The incubator \u2013 the name given to organisations that foster tech startups and entrepreneurs \u2013 has supported more than 500 young tech professionals and hosted dozens of projects focused on information technology, food manufacturing, commerce, and creative industries.<\/p>\n<p>Palestine Tower, once a prominent hub for tech companies in the Gaza Strip, stands in ruins after being destroyed during the Israeli war on the Palestinian enclave [Eyad Al-Qatrawi\/Al Jazeera]<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the war, the incubator boasted 13 specialised facilities, including training halls, media production studios, and co-working spaces, funded by grants, including from the European Union, Qatar, and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">UCAS then provided grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 to help young people establish or develop startups, and hosted unique initiatives like \u201cInsaf\u201d, an incubator aimed at developing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/10\/rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising from the rubble: A Gaza tech incubator defies Israel\u2019s war | Gaza News https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/10\/rising-from-the-rubble-a-gaza-tech-incubator-defies-israels-war&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-1780742615-1781002288.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1440","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-269008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269012,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269008\/revisions\/269012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}