RAMALLAH, August 26, 2025 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 18,489 students have been killed and 28,854 injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7.

The Ministry of Education clarified in a statement on Tuesday that the number of students killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression has reached more than 18,346, and those injured has reached 27,884. In the West Bank, 143 students were killed, 970 others were injured, and 740 were detained.

It indicated that 970 teachers and administrators were killed, 4,533 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 199 were arrested in the West Bank.

The Ministry pointed out that 160 government schools were completely destroyed in the Gaza Strip, in addition to 63 university buildings. 118 government schools and 93 UNRWA schools were bombed and vandalized, while the occupation's aggression led to the removal of a total of 25 schools, their students and teachers, from the educational registry.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank, 152 schools were vandalized, and 8 universities and colleges were subjected to repeated raids and vandalism. Furthermore, university classes were adopted electronically due to the current circumstances.

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