Gaza schools

Education under attack in Gaza, with nearly 90% of school buildings damaged

Monday-21-April-2025

The Israeli occupation continues to commit a systematic crime against the education sector in the Gaza Strip, as part of a comprehensive war that spares neither stone nor soul.

Education in Gaza: Systematic Israeli targeting as a part of genocide

Monday-21-April-2025

The Israeli occupation continues to commit a systematic crime against the education sector in the Gaza Strip, as part of a comprehensive war that spares neither stone nor soul.

UNRWA: 88 percent of Gaza schools need reconstruction or major rehabilitation

Monday-14-April-2025

More than 70 percent of the schools in the war-battered Gaza Strip have been directly bombed and attacked by the Israeli army since October 7, 2023, UNRWA said on Monday.

Classes in Gaza’s schools suspended until further notice

Tuesday-18-March-2025

Gaza’s ministry of education announced on Tuesday the suspension of classes in all schools and educational facilities in the Gaza Strip until further notice after the Israeli occupation army resumed its genocidal war, killing at dawn over 352 people in intensive airstrikes.

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.