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79 Killed in Latest Israeli Strikes as Gaza’s Education Crisis Deepens

Nearly 800,000 students have been barred from class by widespread damage to schools and universities across the Gaza Strip

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Mourners cry during a funeral of a person killed while attempting to get aid at a distribution point
A man collects pasta shells from the sand in western Jabalia on June 22
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Overview

  • Gaza’s health ministry reports 79 people killed and 289 wounded in Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours, with many victims still trapped under rubble
  • The Palestinian Ministry of Education confirms at least 16,664 student fatalities and more than 25,728 injuries in Gaza alongside 138 deaths and over 910 injuries in the West Bank since October
  • Educators have endured heavy losses, with 926 killed, 4,452 wounded and nearly 200 arrested across Gaza and the West Bank
  • Ministry figures reveal that 352 public schools have been damaged, 111 destroyed and 89 UNRWA schools bombed, along with the wrecking of 60 university buildings
  • Twelve kindergartens in Jenin, Tulkarm and Qabatiya now host displaced children after their schools were struck