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The spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stephane Dujarric, said that 30% of Gaza’s schools were directly bombed.
Dujarric said in a press conference that humanitarian relief workers in the region are examining satellite images to measure the impact of Israeli attacks on education.
He stated that 162 school buildings were subjected to “direct” bombing, representing approximately 30% of the total 563 school buildings in Gaza, and noted that 26 schools were completely destroyed.
He said: "Schools in which approximately 175,000 students study and where more than 6,500 teachers work are subjected to direct bombardment."
He added, "At least 55% of schools in Gaza will require either complete reconstruction or major rehabilitation."
The Palestinian Ministry of Education said that 286 government schools and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip, which led to 83 of them being severely damaged and 7 completely destroyed, and 49 schools in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized.
She added in a report published on the 6th of this month that 4,895 students were martyred and 8,514 were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the 7th of last October, on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The Ministry of Education confirmed that the Israeli targeting of schools affected 90% of the government school and education buildings that were subjected to direct and indirect damage, in addition to 29% of the school buildings that could not be operated because they were exposed to total demolition or severe damage, and that 133 government schools were used as shelter centers in the Gaza Strip. .
Wafa