The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education stated 11,001 students were martyred and 17,772 were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on 7 October, 2023.
Israeli aggression
In a statement the Ministry of Education explained, Tuesday, the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israeli aggression reached more than 10,888, and those injured reached 17,224. This is while 113 students were martyred in the West Bank and 548 others were injured, in addition to 429 arrested.
It also stated that 529 teachers and administrators were killed and 3,686 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 129 were arrested in the West Bank,
The Ministry’s statement pointed out that 362 government schools, universities, university buildings, and 65 UNRWA schools were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip with 124 severely damaged and 62 being completely destroyed.
Deprivation
Also 69 schools and 5 universities in the West Bank were also stormed and vandalized, and 133 government schools were used as shelters in the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry of Education confirmed that 718,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of attending their schools and universities since the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza, while most students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.