Palestinian Ministry of Education: Over 5,260 Palestinian students killed, 8,985 injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7

The Palestinian Ministry of Education said that 5,260 Palestinian students were killed and 8,985 were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7 in Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The Ministry said in a statement, according to WAFA News Agency, that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached to 5,213, and those who were injured reached 8,691, while in the West Bank, 47 students were killed and 294 others were injured, in addition to 94 detentions.

It indicated that 251 teachers and administrators were killed and 846 were injured in the Gaza Strip, six were injured, and more than 73 were detained in the West Bank.

Further, the ministry said that 286 public 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 111 of them being severely damaged and 40 completely destroyed. Also, 57 schools in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized, and 133 government schools were used.

The Ministry confirmed that 620,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of enrolling in their schools since the beginning of the aggression, while most of the students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.