Gaza schools

Gaza’s education ministry announces new school year

Sunday-23-February-2025

Gaza’s ministry of education announced on Sunday the start of the new school year in the war-torn coastal territory despite the challenges that resulted from the widespread destruction that had been wreaked on the education sector during the Israeli genocidal war.

During the war, 15,000 students were martyred, 95% of school buildings were damaged

Thursday-23-January-2025

GAZA, (PIC) The Ministry of Education in the Gaza Strip stated that the Israeli genocide against Gaza led to the martyrdom and disappearance of more than 15,000 Palestinian children of school age, with 95% of school and educational buildings targeted. Moreover, children have been subjected to “traumatic experiences and unprecedented psychological pressures.” In a statement […]

Israel’s war on education in Gaza

Friday-20-December-2024

Hundreds of schools, including those run by the UN, in the besieged Gaza Strip have been bombed, and students and teachers killed, in more than 440 days of Israeli bombardment.

How has education in Gaza changed after a year of Israeli genocide?

Thursday-3-October-2024

It was clear from the outset of the war on Gaza that Israel would not allow the residents of the Gaza Strip to continue their lives in any aspect, foremost among them housing, health, and education.

Hamas describes Israeli massacre at Al-Zeitoun School as war crime, flagrant violation of int’l laws

Saturday-21-September-2024

The Hamas Movement said the Israeli massacre carried out in the Al-Zeitoun Elementary School, south of Gaza City, is a “war crime committed with US backup.”

From the heart of the displaced tents: Gazans struggle for education

Tuesday-17-September-2024

In her tattered clothes and without shoes, 8-year-old Saja Abu Ma'liq sits inside her family's tent in the Muwasi area of Khan Yunis, holding a pencil and writing some letters and words.

Special educational program for students in Gaza integrating two academic years into one

Sunday-15-September-2024

Students in the Gaza Strip face an uncertain fate after losing the first academic year, which has become difficult to recover as the new year begins.

Attempts to rescue education: New school year in the West Bank, Gaza deprived for the 2nd year

Monday-9-September-2024

A new school year begins today Monday amid ongoing genocide in Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, and escalating aggression in the West Bank.

UNRWA Commissioner-General: 70% of the agency’s schools in Gaza destroyed

Monday-2-September-2024

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that more than 70% of the agency's schools in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged.

Massacre at the At-Tabe’een school, an Israeli criminal practice with western complicity

Sunday-11-August-2024

According to Palestinian human rights organizations, the massacre committed by the Israeli occupation army in the At-Tabe’een School in Gaza City at dawn Saturday is the result of the Israeli genocidal war launched with Western complicity.