A remarkable education crisis has rocked the besieged Gaza Strip as more than 141 schools have been damaged throughout the Israeli offensive launched since July 7, the Ministry of Education estimated in a statement on Monday.
The ministry reported the murder of 19 members of its teaching staff due to heavy barrages of Israeli strikes unleashed during the offensive. Dozens of learners and schoolchildren, from different age categories and academic levels, have been left wounded throughout.
The Ministry office in Gaza said there was no communication with the Ramallah-based ministry all the way through the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
The Ministry called on high school students to head to their allotted departments to receive their diplomas, whose results had been announced during the offensive.
A large number of UNRWA schools were reduced to rubble by random waves of Israeli rocket fire, unleashed in direct and indirect ways throughout the military operation in Gaza. Dozens of Palestinians were killed due to the heavy shelling.
The Gaza Strip had been subject to a massive Israeli attack, launched since July 7 via rounds of ground, sea and air raids, bringing Gaza death toll to at least 1,940.
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