Sisters set to start PhD studies in Canada killed in Israeli air strike: University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo says twin sisters set to begin their PhD studies at the school were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza earlier this month.The school says Dalia and Sally Ghazi Ibaid were planning to come to Waterloo, Ont., to get their doctorates in system design engineering before they died on Dec. 5.It says both sisters were recipients of the school’s Student Relief Fellowship, and had been selected based on their “outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated research potential.”