The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Gaza, where Hamas has been in power since 2007, was forced to suspend the school year on November 6 last year due to the intensity of the bombing.
More than 625,000 children in the Gaza Strip have been deprived of the right to education for more than eight months, due to the Israeli war against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in that territory, which continues, the UN said this Friday.
“The recreational and educational activities provided by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) teams are essential to prepare children for the return to school and restore their right to education,” the agency highlighted on its social media account X (formerly known as UNRWA). Twitter).
The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Gaza, where Hamas has been in power since 2007was forced to suspend school on November 6 last year due to the intensity of the Israeli bombings, and warned that More than 6,400 students and more than 100 teachers have been killed since the start of the Israeli invasion on October 7..
Gaza authorities denounce that schools and universities continue to be targets of Israeli bombing.
Since the start of the offensive, at least 110 educational centers have been completely destroyed and more than 300 have suffered partial damage, according to June 17 data from the press office of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA also regretted that Israel has already bombed 69% of schoolswhich became shelters for Gazans who lost their homes due to the bombings.
On October 7 of last year, Israel declared a war in the Gaza Strip to “eradicate” Hamas, hours after it carried out an attack of unprecedented proportions on Israeli territory, killing 1,194 people, most of them civilians. .
Classified as a terrorist organisation by the United States, the European Union and Israel, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) also took 251 hostages that day, 120 of whom remain in captivity and 41 have since died, according to the latest report from the Israeli army.
The war, which this Friday turned 266 days and continues to threaten to spread throughout the Middle East region, has so far left at least 37,765 dead and 86,429 injured in the Gaza Strip, in addition to some 10,000 missing, most of them civilians, presumably buried in the rubble, according to updated data. figures from local authorities.
The conflict has also led to the displacement of nearly two million people, plunging the overcrowded and impoverished Palestinian enclave into a severe humanitarian crisis, with more than 1.1 million people in a “catastrophic hunger situation” that is claiming victims – “the highest number ever recorded” by the UN in studies on food security in the world.
Source: Observadora
