Ammon News - The Ministry of Education said that 12,943 students were killed and 21,681 were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry of Education said in a statement that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 12,790, and those who were injured 21,026, while 120 students were martyred in the West Bank and 655 others were injured,

It indicated that 630 teachers and administrators were martyred and 3,865 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 158 were arrested in the West Bank.

The Ministry pointed out that 425 government schools, universities and their buildings, and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, 109 schools and seven universities in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized. The Ministry of Education confirmed that 788,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of attending their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.

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