Israel kills 20,058 students in Gaza and West Bank in two years: Education ministry
Iran Press TV
Tuesday, 21 October 2025 4:50 PM
The Palestinian Education Ministry says more than 20,000 students have been killed and over 31,000 injured by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023.
In figures released on Tuesday, the ministry said that 19,910 students in Gaza and 148 others in the occupied West Bank were killed in attacks by the Israeli army.
The regime's bombardment also injured 30,097 students in Gaza and 1,042 others in the occupied West Bank, it added.
The ministry reported that at least 1,037 teachers and school administrative staff have been killed, 4,740 injured, and more than 228 detained across both Gaza and the occupied West Bank since the start of Israel's genocidal war more than two years ago.
Data also showed that Israeli attacks completely destroyed 179 schools and 63 university buildings in Gaza, while 118 governmental schools and 100 UN-run schools were partially damaged.
At least 30 schools were removed entirely from the ministry's official register, along with the students and teachers who once studied and worked there.
In the occupied West Bank, two schools were fully demolished in al-Khalil and Tubas, and eight university buildings were partially damaged in repeated Israeli raids, the ministry stated.
In earlier statements, Gaza's Education Ministry said that the Israeli regime consistently targeted schools and universities for demolition whenever a region was evacuated, using artillery shelling and airstrikes.
Officials warned that Israel's attacks on the besieged strip represent a deliberate uprooting of the very foundations of life, with education at the forefront.
In recent months, thousands of academics worldwide have signed a series of condemnation letters addressing Israel's savage campaign in Gaza and the regime's destruction of the education system.
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