The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced that 12,943 students were martyred and 21,681 were injured since the beginning of the Zionist aggression on October 7, 2023, on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Education explained in a statement today, Tuesday, reported by the Palestinian News Agency “Wafa”, that the number of students martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 12,790, and 21,026 were injured, while 120 students were martyred in the West Bank and 655 others were injured, in addition to 548 arrested.
It indicated that 630 teachers and administrators were martyred and 3,865 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 158 were arrested in the West Bank.
It pointed out that 425 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, resulting in 171 of them being severely damaged and 77 being completely destroyed.
In addition, 109 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.
