GAZA February 20. 2024 (Saba)-The Palestinian Ministry of Education said that 5,260 students were martyred and 8,985 were injured since the beginning of the Zionist aggression on October 7 on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The Ministry of Education added in a statement today, Tuesday, that the number of students who were martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 5,213, and those who were injured reached 8,691, while in the West Bank, 47 students were martyred and 294 others were injured, in addition to 94 arrests.
It indicated that 251 teachers and administrators were martyred and 846 were injured in the Gaza Strip, six were injured, and more than 73 were arrested in the West Bank.
It 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.
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resource : SABA
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