GAZA, November, 11, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 12,061 students were killed and 19,467 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 in a statement that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 11,946, and those who were injured 18,858, while in the West Bank 115 students were killed and 609 others were injured.

It indicated that 564 teachers and administrators were killed and 3729 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 153 were detained in the West Bank.

She pointed out that 441 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, 126 schools were bombed and vandalized, and 77 were completely destroyed, while 91 schools and 7 universities in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized.

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.

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