The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Sunday that the Israeli army bombed 69% of schools housing displaced people inside the Gaza Strip. This blatant disregard of humanitarian law must stop. We need a ceasefire now,
The international agency said that according to Global Education Cluster, 69% of school buildings where displaced families were seeking shelter have been directly hit or damaged.
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The UNRWA noted that in Gaza, over 76% of schools require reconstruction or major rehabilitation to be operational again.
The Global Education Cluster, established in 2007 by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, is led globally by UNICEF and the local Child Protection Network.
It serves as a joint coordination mechanism among organizations engaged in humanitarian responses within the education sector during instances of internal displacement.
As of June 17, the Israeli war has resulted in the complete destruction of 110 schools and universities, with 321 schools and universities partially damaged.
The war has also claimed the lives of over 10,000 male and female students, according to the government media office in Gaza.
Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since a 7 October, 2023 attack by Hamas.
At least 800,000 students have been deprived of an education as Israel’s months-long offensive against the Gaza Strip continues.
Among them, 40,000 high school students from various branches will not be able to participate in this year’s session of the high school exams, representing an unprecedented violation that threatens their future and undermines their chances of enrolling in local and international universities and colleges.
The Gaza Media Office said that 85% of educational facilities are out of service due to direct and deliberate targeting, posing a significant challenge to efforts to resume the educational process after the war ends.
The Palestinian death toll from relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since last October has exceeded 37,400, according to the Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave.
More than 85,600 people have also been injured in the onslaught, the Ministry added. Over eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which in its latest ruling has ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its invasion in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on 6 May, 2024.
Middle East Monitor / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Hell looks like paradise compared to lives of the people in Gaza?
Zionism is a disease!! Eradicate Zionism, save humanity.
They will murder as much as possible until the Americans stop giving them support and ammunition. They all think they will not be held accountable for this.
There are NO SAFE SPACES in Gaza … there’s an EXISTENTIAL WAR ongoing
The IDF has assigned areas where there is ‘less danger’ and many / most Gazans have already moved to these spaces … (Unfortunately Hamas have also sought shelter and fired at the IDF from these new positions endangering Gazans … pity)
An average of 10 Palestinian children a day are losing one or both legs, the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has revealed. “This gives you an idea of the scope of the type of childhood, a child can have in Gaza,” said Philippe Lazzarini.