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Gaza Students Unable to Access Edu. for Bombardment of Schools
Special Report on Education - OIC on Israeli Crimes against Palestinians
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Jeddah, 10 October, 2024 - The Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip has severely disrupted the education of students for the second consecutive year. According to the OIC Media Observatory for Israeli Crimes against Palestinians, approximately 360,000 students in the Gaza Strip are unable to attend school due to the destruction of educational facilities, displacement, and the conversion of schools into shelters for the displaced. Additionally, around 88,000 university students are also unable to continue their education for similar reasons. Over the course of one year, from October 07, 2023, to October 07, 2024, a tragic total of 10,558 school students and 667 university students in Gaza, as well as 79 school students and 35 university students in the West Bank, were killed by Israel. Furthermore, the number of injured students in the Gaza Strip has reached 34,015. This ongoing conflict continues to have devastating consequences for the education and well-being of students.
As for the educational staff, it is notable that 425 individuals involved in school education and 117 individuals involved in university education in the Gaza Strip were killed by the Israeli occupation forces. Additionally, 3,700 school and university staff in the Strip were wounded.
The Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip resulted in the complete destruction of 62 government schools and significant damage to 124 others. Additionally, 126 government schools and 65 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) schools were targeted. The attacks also led to the destruction of 35 university buildings, partial damage to 20 educational institutions, and harm to 57 university buildings.
During the specified period, 72 schools in the West Bank were subjected to vandalism, and 5 universities were forcefully entered by the Israeli occupying forces, leading to restrictions and interference with their academic activities. Additionally, the Israeli occupation forces, in collaboration with settlers, persist in obstructing access to schools in several Palestinian towns and villages, thereby targeting school students. – OIC News