Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah is elected rector of University of Glasgow

Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, who spent more than a month late last year in Gaza performing surgeries for wounded Palestinians, was elected as the new rector of the University of Glasgow.

Abu Sittah, a former student of the university, is a leading plastic and reconstructive surgeon. He received 80 percent of the first-choice votes, and will now serve a three-year term as rector.

The rector is the highest official of a university.

Abu Sittah spent 43 days operating out of al-Shifa hospital and al-Ahli Baptist hospital in Gaza.