An increasing trend in attacks on schools has worsened the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Gaza war: UN records ‘direct attacks’ on more than 200 schools Peace and Security
Intense Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, launched in response to the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, included “direct attacks” on 212 schools in the enclave. This is evidenced by an analysis of the situation carried out with the participation of the UN.
According to a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), as well as non-governmental organizations The Education Cluster and Save The Children, at least 53 schools have been completely destroyed in Gaza since the conflict began on October 7 last year, and the number of attacks on school facilities has increased since mid-February by almost nine percent.
The report’s authors note that the upward trend in attacks on schools has worsened the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza amid intense Israeli air strikes. land and sea throughout most of the Gaza Strip.
165 school buildings in Gaza destroyed by a direct hit from a rocket, shell or bomb are in areas that were evacuated under Israeli orders military. That number includes 62 schools in the southern province of Khan Yunis and 76 schools in Gaza province, in the north of the enclave.
More than half—57 percent—of school facilities were damaged, according to the report , administered by the United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Many government buildings in Gaza also served as targets for Israeli shelling or ground operations.
Highlighting the scale of the consequences of the conflict, the report prepared with the participation of the UN indicates that previously more than 625 thousand students studied in 813 schools in the sector and 22 thousand teachers worked.
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