RAMALLAH: The Ministry of Education said that 5,424 students were killed and 9,193 were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7 on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The Ministry explained in a statement on Tuesday, that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 5,379, and those who were injured reached 8,888, while in the West Bank 48 students were killed and 305 others were injured, in addition to 97 detained.
It indicated that 255 teachers and administrators were killed and 891 injured in the Gaza Strip, while six were injured, and more than 73 were detained in the West Bank.
The Ministry pointed out that 286 government schools and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip, which led to 111 of them being severely damaged and 40 completely destroyed.
57 schools in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized, and 133 governmen
t schools were used as shelter centers in the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry confirmed that 620,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of enrolling in their schools since the beginning of the aggression, while most of the students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA