GAZA, (PIC)
Palestinian Education Ministry announced that 4,156 students have been killed and 7,818 have been injured in the Gaza Strip and West Bank since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7.
The Ministry explained in a statement on Tuesday that the number of students martyred in the Gaza Strip reached more than 4,119, and the number of wounded rose to 7,536. Meanwhile, 37 students were martyred, 282 were injured, and 85 others were arrested in the West Bank.
The Ministry said that 221 teachers and administrative workers were also killed and 703 others were injured in Gaza; while in the West Bank, 5 were wounded and more than 71 were arrested.
The statement also highlighted that the Israeli occupation army shelled 278 government schools, and 65 UNRWA schools, leaving 83 of which badly damaged and 7 others completely damaged. In the West Bank, 38 schools were invaded and sabotaged by Israeli occupation forces.
The Ministry of Education asserted, in its statement, that Israeli targeting of schools has affected 90% of government schools and educational facilities, which were subjected to direct or indirect shelling, with 29% of the schools knocked out of service due to being demolished or severely damaged. Some 133 government schools were used as shelter centers in the besieged Gaza Strip, the statement added.
