While the dreams of thousands of students in the Gaza Strip to return to school were dashed, the new school year began in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Ministry of Education said that more than 630,000 male and female students have been deprived of education in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, and education is still suspended due to the ongoing Israeli war on the Strip.
The ministry added that more than 10,000 students were martyred and 15,000 were injured as a result of the Israeli war of extermination.
39 thousand students were also prevented from taking the high school exam at the end of the last academic year, and 58 thousand children were deprived of the joy of joining the first grade at the beginning of the new year.
More than 400 teachers were martyred during the war, and the ministry reported that 90% of schools and universities in the Gaza Strip were severely damaged.