RAMALLAH, November, 5, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Education said that 11,923 students were killed and 19,199 were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry of Education said that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 11,808, and those who were injured 18,596, while in the West Bank 115 students were killed and 603 others were injured.

It added that 561 teachers and administrators were killed and 3729 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 148 were detained in the West Bank.

The Ministry pointed out that 341 government schools, universities and their buildings, and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 138 of them being severely damaged and 77 being completely destroyed.

The Ministry of Education confirmed that 788,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of attending their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.

It pointed out that the repeated occupation raids on the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates have caused terror among students in their schools.

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