RAMALLAH (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 11,923 students have been killed and 19,199 others have been injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.
The education ministry explained, in a statement on Tuesday, that the number of students who have been martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression surged to more than 11,808, and the number of those who were injured to 18,596, while 115 students have been killed and 603 others injured in the West Bank in addition to the arrest of 450 students.
The ministry pointed out that 561 teachers and administrative staff have since then been martyred, and 3,729 others injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with more than 148 others arrested in the West Bank.
It stated that 341 educational structures including universities, governmental schools, and other affiliated buildings as well as 65 UNRWA schools have been bombed in the Gaza Strip, with 138 of which severely damaged, 77 others completely destroyed, and 84 schools and seven universities in the West Bank stormed and sabotaged.
The Israeli occupation army’s repeated raids on the governorates of Jenin and Tulkarem spread fears among school children.
The ministry confirmed that 788,000 students in Gaza have been deprived of enrollment in their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma, facing difficult health conditions.
