6,050 students were martyred and 408 schools were bombed and vandalized since the beginning of the aggression

Ramallah 2-4-2024 – The Ministry of Education said that 6,050 students were martyred and 10,219 were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7 on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

She explained that the number of students who were martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 5,994, and those who were injured reached 9,890, while in the West Bank 56 students were martyred and 329 others were injured, in addition to the arrest of 105.

It indicated that 266 teachers and administrators were martyred and 973 were injured in the Gaza Strip, while six were injured, and more than 73 were arrested in the West Bank.

She pointed out that 286 government schools and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip, which led to 111 of them being severely damaged and 40 completely destroyed. Also, 57 schools in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized, and 133 government schools were used. As shelter centers in the Gaza Strip.

Education confirmed that 620,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of enrolling in their schools since the beginning of the aggression, while most of the students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.