RAMALLAH, September 2, 2025 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced on Tuesday that 18,651 students have been killed and 29,114 injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.

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 18,508, and those injured has reached 28,142. In the West Bank, 143 students were killed, 972 others were injured, and 792 were detained.

The statement indicated that 972 teachers and administrators were killed, 4,538 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 199 were detained in the West Bank.

The Ministry pointed out that 172 government schools were completely destroyed in the Gaza Strip, in addition to 63 university buildings. 118 government schools and more than 100 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. In the West Bank, 152 schools were vandalized, and 8 universities and colleges were subjected to repeated raids and vandalism.

The school year was also postponed due to the financial crisis resulting from the occupation's continued seizure of Palestinian clearance funds.

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