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“Education”: 12,329 students were martyred and 574 schools and universities were bombed, vandalized and destroyed since the beginning of the aggression

Ramallah (UNA/WAFA) – The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 12,329 students were martyred and 20,160 were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 2023, XNUMX..

The Ministry of Education stated in a statement on Tuesday that the number of students who were martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression has reached more than 13054, and those who were injured are 21320, while in the West Bank 123 students were martyred and 671 others were injured, in addition to the arrest of 560..

She pointed out that 657 teachers and administrators were martyred and 3904 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 165 were arrested in the West Bank..

She pointed out that 324 government schools, universities and their buildings, and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), were subjected to bombing and sabotage in the Gaza Strip, 128 were completely destroyed, and 57 were partially destroyed. In addition, 109 schools and 7 universities in the West Bank were subjected to storming and sabotage..

The Ministry of Education confirmed that 788 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of attending their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions..

She pointed out that the repeated occupation raids on the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates caused terror to students in their schools..

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